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Americanswers…on 5 Live! Is Trump standing up to Putin?

Americast

BBC

Politics, Government, News

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump says he and Vladimir Putin will hold Ukraine peace talks on Tuesday.

Sarah, Anthony, Justin and Marianna answer your questions on what they might say to each other.

And they return to the subject of egg prices after claims from Trump that they’re dropping.

And we find out why JD Vance has been wearing special socks.

This episode was made by Chris Flynn and Catherine Fusillo. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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Americast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including The Global Story, The Today Podcast, and of course Newscast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below. The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd The Today Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r Newscast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p05299nl Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.

0:04.9

Hello, Marianna, Anthony and all of our Ameriasters.

0:08.8

We have just been chatting to Matt Charlie on Five Live in our regular Monday,

0:13.8

America answer slot when we answer questions that have been sent in by listeners.

0:18.7

This week, we were talking about what might happen when Donald Trump

0:22.9

and Vladimir Putin speak on the phone about Ukraine scheduled for tomorrow Tuesday.

0:27.6

We also spoke about the Trump administration's apparent defiance of a court order that was

0:33.4

trying to prevent them from shipping about 200 Venezuelans off to a prison in El Salvador.

0:39.6

And there was a lot of chat about eggs, very specifically eggflation, but also how we like our eggs.

0:46.3

At the end, you'll hear the four of us chatting a little bit more, unpacking the issues a little bit further.

0:51.9

Welcome to AmeriCansors.

0:55.9

AmeriCast. AmeriCast. Americaast from BBC News. You're gambling with the lives of millions of people.

1:01.8

You're gambling with World War III. President Trump's message is very simple. We are done being taken

1:07.2

advantage of. Mr. President, in the name of our God, have mercy upon the people.

1:12.2

We're scared now.

1:13.5

Are you supportive of these onesies?

1:15.5

I'm supportive of vaccines.

1:17.0

What is happening?

1:18.2

Like, this is not America.

1:19.9

This is a terrible nightmare.

1:21.4

This is what victory feels like.

1:24.8

Yeah.

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