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An Irishman Abroad

Irishman In America - Royal Obsession & The Grift That Keeps On Grifting (Part 1)

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8834 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Marion McKeone remembers the biggest Presidential gaffs in front of the late Queen Elizabeth and asks if America is obsessed with the Royal Family. Donald’s big grift to the world could land him in jail but is that ever going to happen when the threat of violence looms large.

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0:00.0

My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be President of the United States, I could be, I could be vice president.

0:07.0

Former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected President of the United States.

0:13.0

It is my greatest honor and privilege to have been your president.

0:17.0

We will be back in some form.

0:19.0

We are still deeply divided. Public health experts warned this was coming, unless more was done, and here we are now.

0:24.6

Are you proud of what happened here today?

0:26.6

Absolutely.

0:27.6

Never before in American history, has there been an uprising like this?

0:31.6

Of the 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump, I don't know how many today are feeling,

0:38.1

dear God, what was I thinking? But I would wager a lot more our thinking, let's carry on this

0:43.5

fight. Character matters. It matters. Tell them the truth matters. The 21st century is going to be

0:50.4

the American century, because we lead not only by the example of our power but by the power

0:58.6

of our example. That is the history of the journey of America. Good morning Marion McKeown. I have to say

1:06.6

after living in the UK for the last 10 years, I fully get Britain's devotion to the Queen

1:12.7

and the Monarchy. I got to learn it over time. I'm not sure I fully understand America's

1:19.3

obsession with the Royals. Can you explain it to us? Well, you know, Charlotte, it's an obsession

1:24.3

that I've had trouble with as well, because since I'm, you know, I've spent about 15 years in the States off and on.

1:30.7

And it's something that they are completely fascinated.

1:34.4

But I think they see it in a way.

1:36.9

Part of it is a sort of a continuity thing because they cannot get how when you have an election every four years and you spend billions and

1:45.0

billions on turfy one person out and bringing another person in, how you can have the same person

1:51.0

as a head of state, albeit a titular head of state, for 17 years.

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