Americanswers... on 5 Live! What's Elon Musk's latest threat to federal workers?
Americast
BBC
4.2 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
French president Emmanuel Macron is in Washington DC for talks with Donald Trump as he - and later in the week Keir Starmer - attempt to stop a deal on the Ukraine war that favours Russia. How do you get through to the president?
And, the price of eggs keeps rising in the US due to cases of bird flu. Will it cost the president politically?
Justin, Anthony and Marianna joined Matt Chorley on 5 Live to answer your questions...
HOSTS: • Matt Chorley, 5 Live Presenter • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent • Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent • Justin Webb, Radio 4 Presenter
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hi, everyone, it is quarter to four in the afternoon British time on Monday. |
| 0:09.1 | We've just finished recording Matt Chawley's Five Live American Answers with Anthony in Washington State. |
| 0:16.1 | Marianna, seeing next to me in his studio and the usual wide range of questions. |
| 0:21.3 | There, of course, a lot of them very focused on what's going on diplomatically because |
| 0:24.5 | Emmanuel Macron has just arrived in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:27.8 | That coming a few days before Kirstama goes there as well. |
| 0:31.2 | So we answer questions about what they're going to try to do when it comes to winning over |
| 0:34.9 | Donald Trump and indeed whether they should be trying to win over Donald Trump. Plus, a really interesting domestic, well, two interesting domestic |
| 0:41.9 | stories in the States. Number one, Elon Musk's email to federal workers asking them to |
| 0:47.1 | list their achievements. How's that going to go down? And why eggs are so expensive right now |
| 0:51.2 | in America and why it matters. Welcome to AmeriCansus. |
| 0:56.8 | AmeriCast. AmeriCast from BBC News. God spared my life for a reason. Only when it is dark enough |
| 1:05.6 | can you see the stars. A star is born, Elon. I'm not just MAGA. I'm dark Gothic MAGA. This is what happens |
| 1:14.1 | when the machine comes after you. I'm terrified for this country and I'm so hurt that America |
| 1:19.4 | let this happen. I think that we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of |
| 1:24.2 | the United States of America. |
| 1:39.7 | So, this is the biggest week in international diplomacy since, but I mean, definitely since last week. |
| 1:40.3 | It begins with Emmanuel Cron, visiting the White House today. |
| 1:43.9 | Kirstama goes on Thursday. There begins with the man in McConn, visiting the White House today. Kirstama goes on Thursday. |
| 1:47.2 | There's also the small match of the German elections last night |
| 1:50.3 | in which the AFD, who Elon Musk cheered for so loudly, |
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