Americanswers… on 5 Live! Is the Trump/Zelensky relationship back on track?
Americast
BBC
4.2 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
After the two leaders were reunited at Pope Francis’s funeral over the weekend, the Americast inbox has been filled with correspondence on whether Trump and Zelensky really have reconciled - and if it could bring a peace deal with Russia any closer.
Marianna and Sarah get together with Matt Chorley to answer your questions live on the radio. As well as the war in Ukraine, they discuss the 7-year sentence given to George Santos - the former congressman who is, of course, well known to long term listeners of this podcast via our semi-regular feature, ‘Santos watch’.
Plus - has the White House been bugged for a second time? And where do Republicans and Democrats eat in Washington DC?
HOSTS: • Sarah Smith, North America Editor • Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Senior Correspondent
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, AmeriCasters, it's Sarah here. |
| 0:06.9 | And I'm talking to you just after we've recorded our regular Monday session on Five Live with Matt Charlie, |
| 0:12.5 | where we answer the questions that you have sent in. |
| 0:15.3 | This week we were talking about Donald Trump's relationship with Vladimir Putin |
| 0:19.3 | and the gifts they've been exchanging, |
| 0:21.6 | catching up with what's happened to former Congressman George Santos, |
| 0:24.8 | and explaining why toddlers are having to represent themselves in court in America. |
| 0:29.6 | So you can hear all of that coming up now. |
| 0:32.0 | Welcome to AmeriCansors. |
| 0:36.0 | AmeriCast. |
| 0:36.8 | AmeriCast from BBC News. |
| 0:39.1 | You're gambling with lives of millions of people. |
| 0:41.9 | You're gambling with World War III. |
| 0:44.1 | President Trump's message is very simple. |
| 0:46.1 | We are done being taken advantage of. |
| 0:48.0 | Mr. President, in the name of our God, have mercy upon the people. |
| 0:52.3 | And we're scared now. |
| 0:53.5 | Are you supportive of these onesies? |
| 0:55.5 | I'm supportive of vaccines. |
| 0:57.0 | What is happening? |
| 0:58.0 | Like, this is not America. |
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