Americanswers... on 5 Live! Will the US leave NATO?
Americast
BBC
4.2 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
American and Russian leaders will meet in Saudi Arabia this week to begin negotiations about a peace deal for Ukraine. Trump said on Sunday he could be meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin "very soon".
Meanwhile, Ukrainian president Zelensky has said he has not been involved in the talks yet, and European leaders have also been left out. After Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Ukraine should not join NATO, should other member states be worried?
Marianna and Sarah join Matt Chorley to talk about the changing relationship between the US and NATO under the new Trump administration.
We also talk to 5 Live listeners about Project 2025, the state of the US media, and how the Democrats are resisting Trump this time around.
HOSTS: • Sarah Smith, North America Editor • Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent
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| 0:00.0 | BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, it's Sarah here. |
| 0:06.2 | I'm in our BBC Bureau in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:08.7 | And it is Mariana in the worldwide headquarters in London. |
| 0:12.2 | We've just come off air. |
| 0:13.2 | We've been answering your questions with Matt Chorley on Five Live, |
| 0:16.1 | and we talked about a whole range of different things. |
| 0:18.4 | Polarisation in the US media, Project 2025, had you guys forgotten about that. |
| 0:23.2 | And also a little bit about Kamala Harris and the Democrats and what happens next. |
| 0:27.5 | But Mariana, I mean, the big story is the potential peace talks between the United States and Russia over Ukraine. |
| 0:33.2 | And we talked a great deal about that. |
| 0:34.6 | And also what it tells us really about where Donald Trump is positioned globally. |
| 0:39.9 | Is he closer to Russia? |
| 0:42.0 | Is he less keen on having Europe as allies? |
| 0:44.6 | And what might that mean for NATO and for relationships going forward? |
| 0:49.1 | And it's really, really crucial in this week when we see very senior American officials meeting with very |
| 0:55.8 | senior Russian officials in Saudi Arabia to begin at least talking about these things, |
| 1:01.3 | even if they're not yet negotiating exactly what's going to happen between Russia and Ukraine. |
| 1:05.5 | Yeah, we talk in a lot of detail about all of that. |
| 1:08.2 | And we also wanted to give AmeriCasters who listen to the podcast a bit |
| 1:11.4 | of bonus content. So please do stick around, listen till the end. But for now, welcome to |
| 1:16.3 | America Answers. |
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