00:00Sorry, I just wanted to butt in there because I found it really interesting that you said it seems like Europe has woken up and it smelt the coffee, which is really interesting because, you know, Donald Trump has criticized Europe.
00:12J.D. Vance has criticized Europe.
00:13Donald Trump says Europe just has meetings about meetings and nothing actually gets done.
00:19But America is Britain's strongest ally, and both countries have always boasted about their special relationship.
00:26We actually heard from the prime minister, Keir Starmer, how difficult of a position is he in right now, as he has to please both the U.S. and NATO countries and keep Europe on side.
00:40And to me, I thought Keir Starmer didn't go as far as the French president Emmanuel Macron did.
00:46When Keir Starmer went to his meeting in the Oval Office with a letter from King Charles explaining that it was an unprecedented privilege for the British monarch to invite for a second time any head of state.
01:06And this has gone down, I think, in Trump's mind as a position of weakness being displayed by the British prime minister.
01:17And again, I think in his statement today in relation to the crisis over Greenland, of course, Keir Starmer is explaining the history of the special relationship and how important it is for Britain and the Americans to complete, to continue to cooperate in this international way and how the Greenland crisis could undermine that.
01:46On the other hand, I think it's important for the Americans to remember that London is still a major hub for international financial transactions that involve the dollar, involving oil, involving international finance.
02:05If we cut off access, if we cut off the access of the Americans to the London market, the same as your previous speaker was talking about, cutting off through the trade bazooka access to the EU and even to Switzerland, this would have a major impact on Trump.
02:24These initiatives would also carefully target the places that would hurt Trump's MAGA votes.
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