S8 Ep673: 8. Joseph Sternberg discusses Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s indecisive response to President Trump’s "get your own oil" remark, highlighting Britain’s military limitations and the public’s deep anxiety over rising energy prices and deficits. (8)
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
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8. Joseph Sternberg discusses Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s indecisive response to President Trump’s "get your own oil" remark, highlighting Britain’s military limitations and the public’s deep anxiety over rising energy prices and deficits. (8)
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| 1:07.9 | I'm John That'su with my good friend and colleague Joseph Sternberg, and we are entertained, much entertained by the language of the Prime Minister of Great Britain, |
| 1:12.3 | Kirstarmer, who's a man who has very poor poll showings but can be counted on to deliver an example of why nobody understands him much. This, President of |
| 1:18.0 | United States, has said in direct contravention of the facts that Mr. Stommer maintains, that |
| 1:25.7 | go get your own jet fuel, meaning that he's not going to |
| 1:29.9 | lift any more of the burden of challenging Iran in the streets of Hormuz, merely because |
| 1:35.9 | all of Europe, especially Great Britain, is running out of jet fuel, and that means the |
| 1:40.2 | commercial traffic might have to be shut down or abridged. |
| 1:49.6 | The president said, go get your own jet fuel, which is, you'd have to say, a controversial diplomatic remark. |
| 1:51.0 | And here is the response from the prime minister. |
| 1:54.0 | The most important thing we can do is to de-escalate the situation and bring an end to the |
| 1:58.2 | conflict. |
| 1:59.1 | That would be the most effective way to deal with |
| 2:00.9 | the impact. And as part of that, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which is easier said than done. |
| 2:07.6 | I've read that several times, Joe. Do you have an interpretation of what he's supposed to be, |
| 2:13.4 | what he's saying there? Because I can't solve it. Did he just tell me the sky is blue? |
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