The Two Matts Q&A: On Trump, GB News, Tony Blair… and playing the drums
The Two Matts
The New World
4.2 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The Matts answer listeners' questions including whether or not Donald Trump has lost control of the war in Iran, why the BBC isn't covering The New World’s GB News investigation, how Tony Blair can still believe war in Iraq was right, whether we have learned nothing from Covid, if Angela Rayner is the next PM and how to keep sane in a world of dreadful news. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | You always have to remember with Trump, it's a show, you know? |
| 0:05.2 | It's a show. |
| 0:06.0 | And shows have thrills and spills and twists and second acts and, but it isn't a show. |
| 0:11.5 | It's a war. |
| 0:12.1 | To completely ignore a story about an assault on our democracy by an organization that's setting itself up as basically reform TV, |
| 0:25.4 | strikes me as perverse. |
| 0:28.9 | It's impossible for Blair to say, I was wrong about Iraq, but he just can't do it. |
| 0:36.5 | Hello and happy Sunday. |
| 0:38.4 | Happy Sunday one and all. |
| 0:40.4 | As the world falls to pieces. |
| 0:42.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:44.5 | I hope you're finding some something to cling on to some solace. |
| 0:51.0 | And hopefully part of that is the two mats Q&A. |
| 0:55.5 | Yes, which is the Oh, what a Lovely War of podcasts. It really is. Should we dive straight in? Because we can... Let's go. |
| 1:00.8 | Let's go. It's on topic. So the first question comes from Susan, and it's very simple. Has Donald |
| 1:06.8 | Trump lost control? What do you think? Well, this is a, of course, this is a trick question, |
| 1:11.3 | isn't it? Because, I mean, actually, it's a really, it's a very, it's a, it's a five-word question |
| 1:20.3 | that, you know, you could write books on because it depends what you mean. I mean, I think |
| 1:25.8 | disinhibition, a sort of appearance of an actual loss of control, has been |
| 1:30.9 | part of his brand for more than 40 years. You know, part of it. And also in some circumstances, |
| 1:36.3 | part of his appeal, which is, I'm not like all the other stiffs. You know, I'm, you know, |
| 1:41.9 | I'm loose. I do what I want. I make money. I chase girls. You know, I'm, you know, I'm loose, I do what I want, I make money, I chase girls, |
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