Americanswers…on 5 Live! Is Trump worried about the US economy?

Americast

BBC

Politics, Government, News

4.2 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump has not ruled out the possibility of the US going into recession. Sarah, Anthony, Justin and Marianna answer your questions on how Trump’s trade war is impacting on stock markets and American voters. Plus, is the new Canadian PM, Mark Carney is escalating the war on tariffs?

Also, how could the Democrats be more effective as an opposition voice, and why have we seen an influx of memes about the Vice President JD Vance?

The Americast team joins Matt Chorley on 5 Live to answer all of your questions.

This episode was made by Rufus Gray and Catherine Fusillo. The technical producers were Mike Regaard and Dafydd Evans. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:04.9	Hello, Monday morning here in the States,
0:07.1	and that means it's time for American Answers
0:09.5	when we join Five Live and Matt Charlie
0:11.5	to answer some of your questions.
0:13.4	This week we talked about tariffs,
0:15.3	we talked about Trump's threats against Canada,
0:17.3	we talked about why the Democrats aren't fighting back more.
0:19.9	After the show, we'll all be back here again for a little bit of extra chat. Welcome to AmeriCansors.
0:28.0	AmeriCast. Americaast from BBC News. God spared my life for a reason.
0:34.5	Only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.
0:38.3	A star is born, Elon.
0:40.3	I'm not just Maga.
0:42.3	I'm dark Gothic Maga.
0:44.3	This is what happens when the machine comes after you.
0:47.3	I'm terrified for this country and I'm so hurt that America let this happen.
0:51.3	I think that we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the United States of America.
1:06.8	Right, here we are then.
1:07.7	Let's get stuck right in with your questions.
1:10.1	This one is from a thread on the Discord server called O Canada.
1:15.6	It's exciting, isn't it right?
1:16.7	I think the user is called O Canada rather than the thread.
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