Trump vs. Germany and Farage’s £5m ‘Gift’
5/5/20261 hr 2 min
As Trump threatens to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, has European appeasement of Trump officially failed? Will historic local election losses for Labour trigger a change of Prime Minister? Why has Nigel Farage faced such little scrutiny on his £5 million ‘gift’ from a Thai-based crypto billionaire?
Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more.
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First 90 secondsAlastair Campbell· Host0:00
Thanks for listening to The Rest Is Politics. To support the podcast, listen without the adverts, and get early access to episodes and live show tickets, go to therestispolitics.com. That's therestispolitics.com. Merz is yet another one to discover that if you upset the big Donald, he has a way of fighting back in a very spasmodic, non-strategic kind of way.
Rory Stewart· Host0:21
We can conclude from this that there isn't such a thing really as a Trump whisperer.
Alastair Campbell· Host0:26
Trump is basically saying, "Well, if you upset me, I make you weaker," but you're also making America weaker.
Rory Stewart· Host0:31
That is exactly the kind of thing that Putin will exploit.
Alastair Campbell· Host0:34
Germany needs to move, and Europe needs to move towards weaning itself off this military and security dependency.
Rory Stewart· Host0:40
We're facing an existential threat. We're gonna have to be serious about our defense.
Alastair Campbell· Host0:45
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Rory Stewart· Host0:49
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Alastair Campbell· Host1:04
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Rory Stewart· Host1:08
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Alastair Campbell· Host1:18
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