forces working against him and his allies. concerns are mounting that we could see more than mere spikes of violence as we near the midterm elections. a motley crop of trump acolytes are running on the ticket in states across the country. it includes, and this is by no means a comprehensive list, election deniers, covid vaccine skeptics, a celebrity doctor pedaling quack medical cures and a former football star under fire for allegedly paying for a girlfriend s abortion while advocating for a near total ban on abortion. this is one of the great tricks that i think the sexual revolution pulled on the american populous, this idea, okay, these marriages were fundamental, you know, they were maybe even violent but certainly they were unhappy. and so getting rid of them and making it easier for people to shift spouses like they change their underwear, that s going to make people happy in the long term. 250,000 illegals cross this boarder every month. this is an invasion. i p
To do with the central bank. And we get the inside track from the boss of dulux paint owner, akzonobel, on why hes fighting off a 23 billion hostile takeover. Tonne buchner also tells us what the rise of populism in europe means for big business. Also in the news, amazonsjeff bezos says hes selling 1 billion each year, to get into the space race. Today were asking, for your next space holiday, which entrepreneur would you trust to get you there and back richard branson, elon musk orjeff bezos . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. The worlds two biggest economies come face to face later today, when us President Donald Trump hosts his chinese counterpart, xijinping, in florida. It will be the first time they meet in person. As well as north korea, trade will be at the top of the agenda for theirfirst meeting. Its already an issue thats created tensions between the two. Lets look at it in more detail. Atjust over 659 billion of goods and services in 2015, its one of
it does feel like all that has been done to this country has pushed them more and more as julia said towards the west, not towards russia, which is where trump seemed to want them to be, as well. what would a sort of western sort of european looking rather than russia looking ukraine mean for us, for our national security, for europe. what do you think the big picture for that is? that is probably the most important question to answer. what it means, what ukraine means to us and that s probably something that s not been sufficiently address. ukraine is holding a key interest to us certainly from a value perspective and a struggling democracy. more importantly from a geopolitical interest because ukraine could be the gravity that draws russia into a more normalized, more democratic sphere. if ukraine is prosperous and