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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

The collapse of American leadership

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

Daily News, News

4.5840 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2025

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Summary

Lewis Goodall stands in for James O'Brien in this catch-up version of James O'Brien's live, daily show on LBC Radio. To join the conversation call: 0345 60 60 973

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0:00.0

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David Mackay says, you're not James.

0:32.4

Where's James?

0:33.1

There's no flies on you, David.

0:34.4

I'll say that.

0:35.1

And indeed, to the rest of you as well, do not just your radios.

0:37.4

It is not Sunday with Lewis Goodall sitting in here for the great man, James O'Brien, from Monday to Friday this week.

0:43.8

And what on earth are we going to talk about? Well, don't worry, everybody, because it's just the collapse of the post-war American-led order, as we've known it.

0:53.3

And we're only two weeks today, yes, hold on to your hats.

0:56.5

Two weeks today is the second fortnight anniversary of this second Trump presidency. Already it has felt

1:04.8

like everything we might have expected it to have been and more. But probably I did not necessarily

1:10.0

anticipate, I don't know about any of you,

1:12.1

did not necessarily anticipate that of all of the many different enemies and geopolitical foes

1:19.1

that Donald Trump could have sought to try and alienate, to seek to try and show how powerful

1:25.5

he is, that he would decide to focus on the geopolitical

1:29.8

equivalent of Ned Flanders, which is Canada, got the Canadian ambassador coming a lot on a bit

1:34.5

later later in the show, hoping she hasn't taken offence at that. But it is true that you could

1:39.8

not imagine a more sanguine, a more generous, a more reliable neighbor, a more congenial ally

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