Trump’s hostages and Starmer’s terrorists
The Two Matts
The New World
4.2 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In the first 48 hours of his presidency, Donald Trump demonstrated all the qualities he’s famous and feared for: absolute lack of inhibition, crassness, provocation .. and, yes, audacity. What do the Matts make of it? Meanwhile, in the aftermath of the atrocities of Southport, Keir Starmer has redefined the term terrorist and promises to get tough on the sale of kitchen knives online. Does his approach make any sense? The Matts have a vigorous exchange of views on a very difficult topic. Enjoy
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| 1:01.1 | because everything is happening so fast. Yeah, we thought we'd bring it forward 24 hours because |
| 1:06.9 | there's a lot going on. We're going to talk about Kirstama and Southport later on. |
| 1:11.7 | In the second half. |
| 1:12.8 | But we're going to start with the Donald Trump. |
| 1:15.4 | Yeah, because we did the episode on Monday, |
| 1:18.0 | and we just literally did a hot take on the inaugural speech. |
| 1:23.7 | And the minute we left, the studio, he was outside in Emancipation Hall at the capital with the overspill. |
| 1:32.7 | And he was meant to just give a toast and say thank you very much. |
| 1:34.9 | But he gave a longer speech, which was sort of like the Blu-ray director's account of the first speech, right? |
| 1:40.3 | And all this has got to be it. |
| 1:41.8 | No, no, no. |
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