Prime Minister Mia Mottley: Climate, Immigration, and the Power of Small Nations
1/20/20261 hr 35 min
In this very special bonus episode that’s as smart as it is fun, Trevor goes one-on-one with Barbados' Prime Minister, Mia Mottley. Between lessons on Bajan slang, "road tennis" Olympic dreams, and big ideas on global finance, climate change, and managed migration, Mottley proves she’s a force of nature—though even she can’t score Trevor an invite to Rihanna’s next birthday bash.
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First 90 secondsTrevor Noah· Host0:00
[upbeat music] I've al- I've always noticed it, but I've, I've never, I've never thought to myself... It, it seems so obvious now, but I've never thought to myself, "Oh, yeah, you, you can't tell Rihanna's story without talking about Barbados."
Mia Mottley· Guest0:15
Exactly.
Trevor Noah· Host0:15
The music, the way she sees the world, the way she interacts with the world- Yeah ... the fact that she's still, you know, a citizen of Barbados.
Mia Mottley· Guest0:22
Yeah.
Trevor Noah· Host0:22
Like, all of these things- Yeah ... inform how she goes.
Mia Mottley· Guest0:25
And that she still has a Bajan accent.
Trevor Noah· Host0:28
That's true.
Mia Mottley· Guest0:29
Yeah.
Trevor Noah· Host0:29
So if I said that phrase to her, she'd know what it means?
Mia Mottley· Guest0:31
Of course.
Trevor Noah· Host0:32
[chuckles] So how- wait, how do I say it? You, you can't- You still have a, a, a- No, the fair, the fair... How do you say the phrase?
Mia Mottley· Guest0:36
Oh, dine fair.
Trevor Noah· Host0:37
Dine fair.
Mia Mottley· Guest0:38
You've gotta treat people fairly.
Trevor Noah· Host0:39
But you said dine fair.
Mia Mottley· Guest0:40
Dine fair.
Trevor Noah· Host0:41
Dine fair. I'm gonna, I'm gonna work on- But you have a good Bajan accent already. [chuckles] I'm, I'm working with yours. Dine fair. I'm gonna learn it. I'm just gonna say it to people, "Dine fair," and I'm, I'm gonna get there. [chuckles] I'm gonna... Rihanna, you didn't invite me to your party. Dine fair.
Mia Mottley· Guest0:52
Exactly.
Trevor Noah· Host0:53
[chuckles] Yeah, now we're on. Now we're on. [upbeat music] This is What Now? with Trevor Noah.
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