Americanswers…on 5 Live! Is Elon Musk being forced out of the White House?
Americast
BBC
4.2 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Elon Musk says he’s stepping back from his role at DOGE and refocusing on Tesla after the electric car firm reported a huge drop in profit and sales for the start of this year. We look at whether he could be on his way out completely.
Donald Trump meanwhile says he’ll be attending the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome this weekend. The late Pope was an outspoken critic of Trump’s policies during the president’s first term. Will Trump try and influence the appointment of his successor?
Americanswers is back on 5 Live to answer your questions…
HOSTS: • Matt Chorley, 5 Live Presenter • Justin Webb, Radio 4 Presenter • Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent • Sarah Smith, North America Editor • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, AmeriCasters. There are more of you now with us than ever before, and we'd like to try to keep it that way. |
| 0:06.6 | So do subscribe and tell people if you're enjoying what you're hearing. Now, on with the episode. |
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| 0:17.3 | Hi, AmeriCasters, it's Sarah here. I'm back from my holidays. And Mac is back in the hot seat as well and we've just come off air on Five Live where we're recording a special Wednesday edition of AmeriCancers. So in a few minutes you will hear me, Anthony, Justin and Mariana answering all sorts of questions from when Elon Musk is going to step back from the administration to |
| 0:38.7 | whether Donald Trump wants to play a role in appointing the next pope, and also news of that |
| 0:43.4 | mysterious painting that Vladimir Putin gave to the president. Welcome to America Answers. |
| 0:51.4 | Ameriast. Americaast from BBC News. |
| 0:54.7 | You're gambling with the lives of millions of people. |
| 0:57.5 | You're gambling with World War III. |
| 0:59.7 | President Trump's message is very simple. |
| 1:01.7 | We are done being taken advantage of. |
| 1:03.6 | Mr. President, in the name of our God, have mercy upon the people. |
| 1:07.9 | We're scared now. |
| 1:08.8 | Are you supportive of these onesies? |
| 1:11.1 | I'm supportive of vaccines. |
| 1:12.7 | What is happening? Like, this is not America. This is a terrible nightmare. |
| 1:17.0 | This is what victory feels like. Yeah. |
| 1:39.2 | Right, before we get to the listeners questions, I want to bring up the search of the youngest and oldest Americaster, which I know it's been going on for the past couple of weeks. The last time we were all together, weren't you very rude to a young listener? |
| 1:42.4 | That's exactly what I was going to bring up. There was a lovely 10-year-old who reached out, or relative of that 10-year-old, |
| 1:48.1 | and Justin was being a bit strict about the age limit of being an American-Caster. |
| 1:51.3 | I was strict in a way that would merely encourage him. |
| 1:55.5 | It was for his own good. |
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