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EPISODE · Jun 26, 2025 · 25 MIN

How to talk to Trump: call him daddy, apparently

from The Candidate

It was already going to be a tense Nato summit, but when the alliance's secretary general referred to Donald Trump as “daddy”, and the White House embraced it, it shifted the tone from awkward diplomacy to something closer to humiliation... but did the move actually work?Christine Bohan, Christina Finn, Jane Matthews, and Rónán Duffy unpack the daddy text and what it says about Europe’s willingness to placate Trump. They also ask whether the EU’s inability to act on Gaza and its quiet deference to US policy is becoming a liability for the whole project.Also: The cost of living remains high, and the government says it won’t bring back broad supports. Is “targeted help” going to be enough? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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