Trump's billion dollar battle with the BBC - what's at stake
The News Agents - USA
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4.3 • 719 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump has told Fox News he has an "obligation" to sue the BBC - claiming the broadcaster "defrauded the public" in the way a Panorama episode misleadingly edited a clip of his January 6th speech.
The dispute has made it on to Joe Rogan's podcast, and the BBC is being hauled into the 'fake news' category by MAGA commentators.
How serious is President Trump in his threats? And could he bankrupt the BBC?
Jon and Emily speak to Andrew Weissmann, law professor and former FBI general counsel.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents USA podcast is brought to you by HSBC, UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.6 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:13.1 | Are you going ahead and suing the BBC? |
| 0:15.1 | Well, I guess I have to. You know, why not? |
| 0:16.9 | Because they defrauded the public, and they've admitted it and their top |
| 0:23.2 | echelon director general and the CEO this is within one of our great allies you know this is |
| 0:28.8 | our supposedly a great ally BBC have the government has a chunk of that one I guess but |
| 0:34.4 | that's a pretty sad event they actually changed my January 6th speech, |
| 0:39.4 | which was a beautiful speech, which was a very calming speech, and they made it sound radical. And |
| 0:44.8 | they actually changed it. What they did was rather incredible. They're showing me the results |
| 0:49.6 | later on, the results of what they did, how they but it was very dishonest and the headman |
| 0:55.1 | quit. |
| 0:55.7 | We are living in parallel worlds here, but that is Donald Trump speaking to Laura Ingram on Fox News, |
| 1:03.1 | saying that he has, in his words, an obligation to sue the BBC over the editing of his |
| 1:10.6 | perfect speech. We know that US media have been fast in this |
| 1:15.9 | second term to bend the knee and to make accommodations with Donald Trump and to sue for peace. |
| 1:22.9 | But is Donald Trump by going after the BBC globalising his attacks on the free press with others |
| 1:30.6 | like him watching on admiringly? Welcome to the Newsagents USA. The Newsagents USA with Emily |
| 1:39.9 | Maitliss and John Sopal. It's John. It's Emily. And Donald Trump has seen an open goal. |
| 1:47.9 | And when he sees an open goal, he goes for it. |
| 1:50.9 | He pushed the ball in the back of the net. |
| 1:52.4 | Or if we're using an America metaphor, you know, if there is no defence, he runs to the |
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