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The Chris Plante Show

5-8-25 Hour 3 - Trump Makes Trade deal with Great Britain

The Chris Plante Show

WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington

News, Government, Politics

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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0:00.0

Amazon offers employees up to £8,000 for education and training, like Juliet.

0:07.0

She's now a trained technician. And to her, the sound of machinery in need of repair,

0:13.0

reminds her of how far she's come. In two years, she's landed her dream job, providing her with valuable skills.

0:24.2

That's up to £8,000 for education and training at Amazon.

0:28.3

Eligibility conditions apply.

0:33.7

I just want to begin by saying that it's a very special day because it's Victory Day, World War II, May 8.

0:42.3

And just by happenstance, we have the Prime Minister on the phone, and we were great allies in that.

0:50.3

And it's very unusual that the trade deal comes to, and we signed it up on the same day that we had a great victory, the greatest victory of the malls.

1:00.0

Ah, President Trump in the Oval Office today with the Vice President of the United States and Cabinet secretaries about announcing a trade deal with the United Kingdom

1:12.5

and doing it on this date

1:18.5

which is commonly referred to as

1:23.9

Victory in Europe Day or VE Day

1:26.7

May 8th.

1:30.6

And that was, of course, 1945, 80 years ago today, VE Day, Victory in Europe Day.

1:41.3

We still weren't done, of course, because the Empire of Japan was still waging war in the Pacific and in Asia.

1:49.4

It would be some time before the United States brought a screeching halt to that war, the Pacific War,

1:57.4

and finally ending World War II, the deadliest war in the history of the world.

2:03.7

You may be aware that the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima or Hiroshima on August 6th of 1945,

2:14.5

the first use of an atomic bomb in combat in warfare.

2:18.7

And the Japanese were not convinced.

2:20.5

They said, no, I don't think that's going to do it for us.

2:23.2

You guys have not impressed us.

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