The US Ambassador on Biden, Harry and Meghan & Sunak vs Truss
The News Agents
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🗓️ 4 May 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
America's First Lady has just flown in for the King's coronation - without her husband the President. Donald Trump calls it 'disgraceful'.
But today on The News Agents we get reaction from the Ambassador herself.
Why are Americans so obsessed with our monarchy? Is Biden too old to run again?What mistakes have been made within the special relationship? And what is her favourite British swear word?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.8 | It's Thursday, two days out from the coronation. |
| 0:15.0 | And the first lady of the United States arrives tonight. |
| 0:19.7 | Jill Biden is rocking up at the ambassadorial residence, |
| 0:24.3 | but without her husband, the president, Joe Biden. And there's one person who thinks that's a |
| 0:32.4 | really bad idea. You'll have to guess who. He should be here as a representative of our country. |
| 0:40.1 | I was surprised when I heard that he wasn't coming. |
| 0:43.0 | You would think he would be here. |
| 0:44.2 | He'll be in Delaware where he spends a lot of time. |
| 0:47.5 | He spent a lot of time there during the election. |
| 0:49.6 | In the bunker. |
| 0:50.5 | So I don't know. |
| 0:51.4 | But I was very surprised to say. |
| 0:53.6 | I think it's very disrespectful for him not to be. |
| 0:56.3 | Disrespectful, says the former president, Donald Trump, in an interview with who else, Nigel Farage. |
| 1:02.3 | We'll be putting that to the current US ambassador to London. We'll also be talking to her about Northern Ireland. |
| 1:09.9 | We'll be talking to her about the possibility of a trade deal, about Ukraine, |
| 1:14.4 | and the best swear word she's picked up since she moved to the UK. |
| 1:18.9 | Welcome to the Newsagents. |
| 1:23.7 | The Newsagents. |
| 1:25.6 | It's John. |
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