00:00Some would say that we're at a historical low with this U.S.-U.K. special relationship.
00:05Has Trump done more to damage this special relationship than any other U.S. president?
00:10Well, I think Donald Trump has done an enormous amount to damage this special relationship.
00:16But it's certainly not beyond repair because the special relationship extends well beyond both the incumbent in the Oval Office
00:25and whoever may find themselves in No. 10 Downing Street.
00:29The relationship exists between the two states and between the two peoples.
00:35And 250 years on this year from American independence from Britain,
00:41this is a truly significant moment in the context of that wider history.
00:46But it's also hugely significant given the recent damage that Donald Trump has undoubtedly done.
00:53He's been firing off insults at our prime minister and also at Britain more generally.
00:59But he's also seriously undermined, in my view, the NATO alliance,
01:04which for the past 80 years has been the underpinner of Western security.
01:09So if King Charles can start to bridge that gap, I think that will be an important moment.
01:15But there is the obvious caveat that with Donald Trump, as we all know,
01:19anyone who follows him on Truth Social or just through the wider media,
01:23he is unpredictable, if nothing else.
01:27And this may soften relations in the coming days, maybe in the coming weeks.
01:31But we saw after his last state visit, which was seen as something of a success,
01:36that it didn't take long for him to return to the sorts of patterns of behaviour that we've come to
01:42expect.
01:42We'll see you next time.
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