Donald Trump's Team Calls

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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We are living in a different world. Donald Trump’s world. Kim Darroch, the UK's former ambassador to the US, joins the podcast team to make sense of what could be some jaw-dropping appointments to the Trump administration. The UK government has been scrambling to make sense of it all too - responding in measured tones while potentially bracing for impact. So how should Keir Starmer handle the new Trump era? Plus: COP29. The prime minister has been on his travels again - this time to Azerbaijan for a major climate change summit. Hannah White presents. With Alex Thomas and Jill Rutter. Produced by Candice McKenzie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government.
0:13.7	I'm Hannah White. We are living in a different world, Donald Trump's world. New appointments
0:19.8	to his administration are now coming thick and fast,
0:22.8	and some are raising eyebrows. We have a former TV presenter running the Pentagon, a pro-Russian
0:28.8	ex-democrat as director of national intelligence, a congressman who's been investigated for
0:33.7	sex trafficking as Attorney General and Elon Musk in charge of government efficiency.
0:38.3	Daws have hit flaws, but are we any clearer about what Trump wants to achieve with his presidency and how?
0:44.3	The UK government has been scrambling like governments all around the world to make sense of it.
0:49.3	Responding in measured tones while potentially bracing for impact will we'll take a look at what choices now face Kirstama.
0:56.7	And the Prime Minister has been on his travels again, this time to Azerbaijan for a major climate change summit,
1:02.5	which, you guessed it, has been dominated by someone who isn't there, Donald Trump, of course.
1:07.8	We'll take a look at what has been discussed and agreed.
1:11.3	All that to come. Joining me in the studio are a duo who have lived through many summits and quite a few
1:16.8	US elections. Sounds rather than saying you're rather old, but that's definitely not true.
1:22.1	A sprightly pair of Alex Thomas and Joel Rutter. Hello, both. Hi, Hannah. And I'm really delighted that we are
1:31.0	joined today by Kim Darick, Lord Darick, whose CV includes stints as the UK's National Security Advisor
1:36.3	and also, of course, as our US ambassador during the last Trump presidency. Thank you for joining
1:41.6	us, Kim. Hi, it's a pleasure. Was the result the one you expected?
1:45.6	Hannah, this is going to sound boastful, but I've been doing presentations to business
1:49.6	groups for a couple of months, specifically on US election. And I've always said that I
1:56.4	thought Donald Trump was the favourite, and there were two reasons for that. One was the economy stupid
2:02.9	because inflation was at 7% just 18 months or so ago in America, and 62% of Americans were
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