Ukraine’s plan to win over Trump
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 13 November 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ case has been paused, Ukraine has been building on its ‘victory plan’ for his incoming administration and SoftBank reported that it is profitable again. Plus, Wall Street has loaned billions of dollars to a niche group of tech companies based on their possession of Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips.
Mentioned in this podcast:
New York judge delays decision on Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ sentencing
Ukraine seeks to win over Trump with natural resources and troop proposals
SoftBank returns to profit as Indian IPOs boost Vision Fund gains
Wall Street frenzy creates $11bn debt market for AI groups buying Nvidia chips
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| 0:00.0 | The FT News Briefing is supported by Equinoor, the UK's energy partner. |
| 0:06.5 | Learn more at equinore.com.uk. |
| 0:12.5 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:15.3 | Today is Wednesday, November 13th, and this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:20.4 | The New York fraud case against Donald Trump hit a roadblock yesterday, and meanwhile, Ukraine is |
| 0:26.7 | trying to sweeten its victory plan to appeal to the president-elect. |
| 0:31.3 | Plus, Wall Street is finding ever more clever ways to get its hands on Nvidia chips. |
| 0:37.4 | I'm Sonia Hudson, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:48.9 | Donald Trump's hush money case is on hold. |
| 0:52.8 | A New York judge said he needs to consider how Trump's election |
| 0:56.2 | victory will affect the sentencing. He's also weighing a Supreme Court ruling from earlier this |
| 1:01.8 | year that granted President's broad immunity for official acts. Trump was convicted of falsifying |
| 1:08.5 | business records back in May. Prosecutors described it as part of a scheme to pay off a porn actress to conceal an alleged affair with Trump. |
| 1:18.0 | If the judge ultimately decides to throw out the case, then Trump will probably have thwarted all four of his criminal indictments. |
| 1:37.8 | Ukraine is building on its, quote, victory plan for the incoming Trump administration. |
| 1:46.8 | Some of the top lines include possible new business deals and access to troops and raw materials. It's all in an effort to convince the famously transactional U.S. President-elect to keep supporting the country in its war with Russia. |
| 1:54.0 | My colleague Chris Miller is here to unpack the details. Hi, Chris. Hi there. So to start off, |
| 2:00.2 | can you just get us up to speed on the situation on the ground in Ukraine? |
| 2:04.6 | Where does the war stand at the moment? |
| 2:07.3 | It's a really difficult situation that Ukraine finds itself in. |
| 2:11.7 | Its troops are exhausted. |
| 2:13.1 | It's facing some pretty serious challenges in terms of manpower, but also because Russia's forces |
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