To Dateline London. Two stories dominate the week and are likely to dominate the year ahead, too. The beginnings of the Trump Presidency and the beginning of the end for britain in the European Union. My guests today Arejohn Fisher Burns of the new york times, Thomas Kielinger of die welt, Polly Toynbee of the guardian and Dmitry Shishkin of bbc world service. Donald trump first, and as he begins the job of being 45th president of the United States, to paraphrase a question from the president ial debates, lets start by saying something nice, positive and hopeful about the new president. I know this is going to be a stretch for you, but have a go after that inaugural speech in which he reached out to nobody at all, in which he trashed all of the previous president s sitting around him very politely, i think the only thing we can seriously hope for is that this meglomaniac, this sociopath, will overreach himself to such a degree that he will be impeached as soon as possible, hopefully be
At the moment, i know that well, things im sure people who know him well, they know that you can never trust putin. Its impossible. So the strategy of ending the war should be based not on the words which putin says or some other people from his Group Entourage says, but something very specific, something very tangible with ukraine that is dependent and democratic, and im department that everyone is interested in that. The political leaders are interested in having ukraine independent and sovereign and democratic
it is this time. when you take out a loan in this country, you have to take responsibility for your debts. you have to pay that loan back. this was a program that was started during covid when people were really struggling. covid is over. president biden admitted covid is over. we all need to move forward. at the end of the day, the economy, the monies that comes from the federal government to pay important different programs is not magic. it doesn t grow on trees. it comes from real taxpayers. and we have to be responsible with those dollars. if you have taken out a loan, ultimately you have to pay it back. another topic in. russia is claiming the loss of the wagner forces, no threat to s military. as a member of the house arm services committee, how do you see that? first of all, nobody can trust russia. nobody can trust putin. i believe that most russians want to end this war just like ukraine. you know, if joe biden had been president in the 80s, the cold
Russian missiles struck Odesa’s port on Saturday, a day after officials from Russia and Ukraine signed parallel agreements with Turkey and the United Nations…