1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,640 Speaker 1: Lots of talk of a meeting between Trump and pushin. 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: Dan Mitchison is a US correspondent. Dan, Good afternoon, Hey, 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: good afternoon, Ryan. How soon could we see this? 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 2: Oh? I don't know. I think this is going to 5 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:12,959 Speaker 2: be a long time in coming. I mean, you know, 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 2: as you heard Donald Trump, well you know, mister Trump 7 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 2: said that this could have been solved a long time ago. 8 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 2: But it's a good start, I guess. I mean there's 9 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 2: three main goals here. They want to restore staffing at 10 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 2: the end of season Washington and Russia according to both countries. 11 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 2: They want to create this high level team to support 12 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 2: Ukraine peace talks, and they want to explore closer relationships, 13 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 2: and I guess more economic tized going on. But here's 14 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 2: the thing. I mean, no officials from Ukraine were present 15 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 2: at that meeting. So how awkward is it to have 16 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 2: two countries talking about your own future and your own 17 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 2: fate and you don't have a seat at the table. 18 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's a little left out, but there 19 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: is still time. I mean they can include a presumably 20 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: later on down the track, once things are a bit 21 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: more firmed up. 22 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I would, I would, I would hope. So 23 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 2: at this point in time. But right now, as we 24 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 2: know that the relationship between mister Trump and Ukraine is 25 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 2: not the best like it was with former President Biden, 26 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 2: so it'll be interesting to see. And again, right now, 27 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 2: Trump thinks that there should have been concessions to Russia 28 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:16,839 Speaker 2: before the invasion happened almost three years ago. 29 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: Speaking of Trump, he and Elon Musk have just done 30 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:21,559 Speaker 1: a joint interview on Falks. 31 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 2: What's happened then, Well, you know, there's a lot of 32 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 2: the stuff that we knew about already, this bromance going 33 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 2: on between the two. But one of the interesting points 34 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 2: that they brought up during the interview that seemed to 35 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 2: surprise Donald Trump was Elon Musk said that he was 36 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 2: going to endorse President Trump even before that attempt on 37 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 2: his life in Pennsylvania, but he said once that happened, 38 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 2: that kind of sped up his decision a little bit. 39 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 2: And Trump kind of turned to Musk and said, well, 40 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 2: I didn't know that was kind of it, he said, 41 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 2: And then Musk said, I was going to do it anyway. 42 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 2: But it's kind of interesting to watch these two go 43 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 2: back and forth. And I mean, this was supposed to 44 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: focus on the first one hundred days of President Trump's administration, 45 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 2: and Musk kind of goes off on this tangent talking 46 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 2: about Trump derangement syndrome, and he says he didn't realize 47 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,519 Speaker 2: it was a real thing until he was at a 48 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 2: friends dinner party a couple of months before the election, 49 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 2: and he said, people look like they got I think, 50 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,679 Speaker 2: he said, shot with the dart in the neck and 51 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 2: it was like they were on meth and rabies right now. 52 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 2: And he said he really was surprised about how adamant 53 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 2: people were against voting for for the president at the time. 54 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: Goodness me KFC, and we love a bit of KFC 55 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 1: here in New Zealand. Is it going to turn into TFC? 56 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 2: Well, it's interesting because first they took the Kentucky out 57 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 2: of KFC, and now they're taking the KFC out of Kentucky, 58 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 2: so they're moving it to Texas to foster. They're saying 59 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: this collaboration among brands and employees. I don't that sounds 60 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: like somebody in the PR department just wrote that up. 61 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 2: But basically they're also telling all the remote employees they've 62 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 2: got to get back to where the work happens. And 63 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 2: what's interesting, though, is that This is becoming more common, 64 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 2: not just with KFC, but with companies moving out of 65 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 2: states like California into Texas where they had better tax 66 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 2: breaks and the cost of living is less and the 67 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 2: cost of doing business is last. And it's also been 68 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,360 Speaker 2: a problem for a lot of overseas companies. They've been 69 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,799 Speaker 2: looking to move to states like California or Washington or Oregon. 70 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 2: Texas has just become very an inviting place to do business. 71 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 2: So you not only have these businesses that are moving, 72 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 2: but a lot of people that are moving to that 73 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 2: part of the US over here. But it'll be interesting 74 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 2: to see. And you're right about KFC being popular in 75 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 2: New Zealand. I think they're the second most popular fast 76 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 2: food restaurant behind McDonald's, not just in New Zealand but 77 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 2: in the world. 78 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: Good stuff, Dan, Thank you very much for that. 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