Election Results (Part 3): What Will Trump (And Harris) Do Now?
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has become the 47th, as well as the 45th President. But the question is this: what will actually change when his new term begins?
The team assemble to separate the fact from fiction - will he really declassify the JFK files and end the war in Ukraine on his first day in office?
And Kamala Harris has conceded the election. Justin was on the ground and reports back on what the mood was like in the losing camp.
HOSTS: * Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter * Sarah Smith, North America Editor * Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent * Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, Ameriasters. It's about 7 o'clock on the East Coast in America. I'm in windy, Florida in the America's pop-up podcast studio. |
| 0:13.4 | I came down here today to keep an eye on what might be happening in Trumpland. But in fact, as it turns out, the news all came from Harrisland as she gave a speech |
| 0:22.0 | earlier today. |
| 0:23.1 | The outcome of this election is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we voted |
| 0:31.5 | for, but hear me when I say, hear me when I say, |
| 0:38.3 | the light of America's promise will always burn bright. |
| 0:49.3 | As long as we never give up and as long as we keep fighting. |
| 0:57.9 | So we're going to talk about Kamala Harris on the podcast now. |
| 1:00.7 | We are also going to talk, though, about Trump. |
| 1:02.9 | We probably ought to start with Donald Trump. |
| 1:04.9 | What does the presidency mean for the US? |
| 1:06.8 | What does it mean for the world? |
| 1:07.8 | A big day in the history of America. |
| 1:10.0 | And indeed of AmeriCast. |
| 1:11.4 | Welcome to AmeriCast, The Results, Part 3. |
| 1:16.9 | AmeriCast from BBC News. |
| 1:19.8 | There was blood pouring everywhere, and yet I had God on my side. |
| 1:24.7 | So I decided the best way forward is the past the torch for a new generation. |
| 1:28.3 | You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? |
| 1:30.3 | We're effectively run in this country by a bunch of childless cat ladies. |
| 1:34.3 | You know it, you feel it. These guys are creepy and yes, just weird as hell. |
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