Trump 2.0: What does it mean for Ukraine?
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has won the US election and will make a historic return to the White House. He’s said he’d end the war in 24 hours but…..can he?
We hear from Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse in Kyiv, Russia editor Steve Rosenberg in Sochi and Victoria in Washington DC. They discuss what Trump’s re-election actually mean for Ukraine.
Today’s episode is presented by Lucy Hockings and Vitaly Shevchenko. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov and Ben Carter. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sarah Wadeson. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:04.4 | God guess the USA. |
| 0:14.7 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:20.4 | Wow. |
| 0:29.8 | This is a magnificent victory for the American people that will allow us to make America great again. |
| 0:43.4 | It's 987 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. |
| 0:49.1 | And what a 24 hours it's been because Donald Trump has won the US election and will make a historic return to the White House. |
| 0:51.6 | And as we know from yesterday, Victoria is in Washington covering the election, |
| 0:55.7 | and she sent us this voice note. Hello, from outside the White House on a beautiful morning |
| 1:01.5 | in Washington, D.C. I've been talking to lots of voters. I can tell you that no one is talking about |
| 1:07.5 | Ukraine. I've talked to a couple of women who've shed tears because they're so worried about |
| 1:12.1 | a second Donald Trump presidency, but they're not crying for the prospects for Ukraine and |
| 1:19.3 | the Ukrainian people. |
| 1:20.5 | Obviously this is huge for President Zelensky. |
| 1:23.2 | It's huge for Vladimir Putin, isn't it? |
| 1:25.2 | Donald Trump reiterated he will end the war in 24 hours. Can he do |
| 1:30.4 | that? Is it plausible? Is it hyperbole? And if he does mean it, what in practical terms does that |
| 1:37.4 | mean for Ukraine and its territory? Maybe Ukraine will have to go to its other allies, the EU, the UK and others, |
| 1:46.2 | and ask for increased support if America cuts off military aid to Ukraine. |
| 1:54.0 | We're going to try and answer some of those questions, actually, that Victoria just raised. |
| 1:58.5 | What does another Trump presidency mean for Ukraine? This claim that he can end |
| 2:03.5 | the war in 24 hours, is that even possible? And could American support for Kiev be on the way? |
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