Americanswers... on 5 Live! What will Trump do on his first day back in the White House?
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has sat down with NBC's Meet the Press in his first broadcast network interview since winning November's election. The president-elect revealed a number of policy positions that the world can expect when he returns to office. Will one of them be an end to automatic citizenship for people born in the US?
And, it’s now five days since UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down in a seemingly targeted attack in New York City. The brazen nature of his killing has shocked the US but also exposed deep resentments at inequities in US healthcare. Is it too far to suggest that some people are even celebrating his death?
The Americast team once again join Matt Chorley on 5 Live to discuss…
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• Matt Chorley, 5 Live presenter • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter • Sarah Smith, North America Editor • Marianna Spring, Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent
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| 0:00.0 | We want to say a big thank you to all of the new Americasters who have joined us in the last few months. |
| 0:05.0 | There's more of us now than we ever had before, although, of course, we're deeply grateful for those of you who've been with us all along. |
| 0:10.6 | There is so much happening at the moment. Donald Trump's inaugurations coming up in January. Between now and then, |
| 0:16.0 | we're going to be talking about all the new people in his top team, the big announcements he's making, and of course looking at the fallout for the election for the Democrats |
| 0:23.4 | and how they try and rebuild from here. |
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| 0:47.1 | Anyway, here's today's episode. Hope you enjoy. |
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| 0:54.7 | It's just coming out of 4 o'clock in the afternoon on Monday, |
| 0:57.9 | and I say that because we've just come off the air with Matt Chorley |
| 1:00.0 | for a live edition of American Answers on 5 Live, |
| 1:03.4 | which was the first edition since Donald Trump gave his first broadcast interview after the election. |
| 1:09.2 | He's giving it to NBC's Meet the Press and he had plenty to say. |
| 1:12.3 | He did. |
| 1:13.0 | He recorded it on Friday and then it aired last night, that Sunday. |
| 1:16.6 | And he spoke about all sorts of things, including how he's going to look at pardons for those convicted of being involved in the January 6th U.S. Capitol riot. |
| 1:24.0 | I answer this question. |
| 1:25.0 | You promised to pardon those who had attacked the Capitol on January 6th. |
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