Party in the USA

Americast

BBC

Politics, Government, News

4.2 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The American media’s been full of stories about Boris Johnson – so why is the US fascinated with the British prime minister? Mark Landler from the New York Times says there are plenty of similarities with Donald Trump, but also some significant differences. Mike Pence has made it very clear he disagrees with his former boss: “President Trump is wrong,” he said. “I had no right to overturn the election.” Olivia Troye, who was the vice-president’s homeland security adviser, thinks he’s paving the way to run for president in 2024. With thanks to Opinion Video at The New York Times for permission to use their Jonathan Pie video. Americast was made by Alison Gee and Phil Marzouk. The technical director is Emma Crowe and the editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.8	No, no, no, it's great to be here.
0:06.8	It's great to be here.
0:08.0	New York Times.
0:09.0	It's very exciting.
0:11.0	Yes, I can hear you.
0:12.6	So you just want me to explain why British people are so
0:15.7	f***ed off with Boris Johnson, basically,
0:18.7	in a way that an American audience can understand, right?
0:21.6	Without swearing, obviously, sorry.
0:23.6	Boris Johnson, a narcissist with f***ing hair.
0:28.5	Again, sound familiar?
0:32.3	That is Jonathan Pai, a satirist,
0:35.4	being employed by the comment section of the New York Times
0:41.0	to try to explain to a US audience what is going on in Britain
0:46.3	because it all feels maybe slightly familiar
0:49.6	with something that had recently gone before
0:53.0	in the United States of America with one Donald Trump.
0:56.5	Yes, so this week, instead of us telling you about the later
0:59.1	shenanigans in America, we're telling you what Americans
1:03.3	are talking about now, which is us.
1:06.7	Welcome to America's.
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