1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: Barry Sober, senior political correspondence with US. Hello, Barry, Good afternoon, 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: Heather so Donald Trump's speech, unfortunately, was not the announcement 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: that any of us were expecting. 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 2: Exactly here we all were waiting, thinking that maybe he'll 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 2: have a go at NATO. He's basically told them to 6 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 2: look after the strait themselves, which to me is tant 7 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 2: them out to admitting they haven't won. But he would 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 2: never admit that. Of course, if you look at the 9 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: opinion polls that were taken today by CNN and the 10 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 2: US found that sixty seven percent of the US public 11 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 2: believes the president doesn't have a clear plan for handling 12 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 2: the situation in Iran. I think that's pretty obvious. And 13 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 2: the same poll found sixty six percent of the Americans 14 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:51,959 Speaker 2: disapproved of the war. So not altogether surprising that there 15 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 2: was nothing new in the President's speech other than slapping 16 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 2: himself on the back. You'd have to say, for a 17 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 2: job well done with to come. 18 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 3: I can say tonight that we are on track to 19 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 3: complete all of America's military objectives shortly, very shortly. We're 20 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 3: going to hit them extremely hard over the next two 21 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 3: to three weeks. We're going to bring them back to 22 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 3: the Stone Ages where they belong. So to those countries 23 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 3: that can't get fuel, many of which refuse to get 24 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 3: involved in the decapitation of Iran, we had to do 25 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:29,559 Speaker 3: it ourselves. I have a suggestion. Number one, by oil 26 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 3: from the United States of America. We have plenty, we 27 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 3: have so much. And number two build up some delayed courage. 28 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 3: Should have done it before, should have done it with 29 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 3: us as we asked, go to the strait and just 30 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 3: take it. 31 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 2: Well, there you go, and they've got so much fuel, 32 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 2: fuel prices arising furiously in the United States. Well, now 33 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 2: that comes about when they've got so much fuel. 34 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: Can you explain something to me once again, I am 35 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: just going to change the subject. How is it that 36 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: Penny Simmons in the reshuffle gets promoted ahead of James Meager? 37 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: Explain that to me? 38 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 2: Well, no, I can't explain it, but I think you 39 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 2: know the thing with Penny Simmons, I suppose she was 40 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 2: something of a trailblazer in the tertiary education sector with 41 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:24,239 Speaker 2: the Invercargo Polytechnic, the South And Polytechnic. I think it's 42 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 2: called giving fees free and encouraging a lot of people 43 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,519 Speaker 2: to come to Southland now and when you hear it 44 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 2: speaking in the House, she's pretty onto the subject that 45 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 2: she's talking. So I think what Chris Luxen has done 46 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 2: to step back look at this. I looked at Chris Bishop, 47 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 2: of course, but looked at the wider cabinet and like 48 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 2: a business person does, looks at the people that he 49 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 2: sees are performing as a CEO and a lot of 50 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 2: people say it's disgraceful he's more of the CEO than 51 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 2: he is a Prime minister. Well, I don't think it's 52 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 2: a bad thing at the moment that you've got a 53 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 2: person well schooled in business doing the job that he's doing. 54 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 2: But if you look at Chris Bishop, you know, losing 55 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 2: the Leader of the House that was as a busy job, 56 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 2: but campaign chair which is pretty significant to same and 57 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 2: Brown the Golden Boy. 58 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: And then Associate Sport which is your fun one. 59 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 2: That's right, so there'll be some disappointment there. Although I've 60 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 2: got to say if Chris Bishop was upset about losing 61 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 2: the Leader of the House role along with being the 62 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 2: campaign chair, he wasn't showing it. As he was being 63 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 2: questioned by the Green's Julia Genta about public transport for 64 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 2: those who are struggling with fuel bills. 65 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 4: The bus is coming every fifteen minutes. In smaller towns 66 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 4: like Dunedin, New Plymouth, Huang and Nui Levin, there will 67 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 4: be more demand for public transport and what will he 68 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 4: do to provide services? 69 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: Well, now, listen to the minister. Thank you. Who's the 70 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: person answering this question. I'm sure that didn't need a bus. 71 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 2: Hey, mate, you got to get the government honorable and 72 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 2: that won't be happening to you anytime soon. I thought 73 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 2: it was a good comeback. I mean they were taking 74 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 2: the old proverbial out of Bishop and he came back 75 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 2: pretty well. Yeah, he's the sort of guy that's not 76 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 2: going to publicly admit that. You know, it's been a 77 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 2: tough day for him. 78 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: No, listen, very quickly, can you just run me through 79 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: what happened with David Seymour and Labor. 80 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 2: Well, essentially, there was a debate in the House this 81 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 2: afternoon and David Seymour was doing what he likes to 82 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 2: do best, acting as the Prime Minister during question time 83 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 2: and getting patsy questions from his own MPs. Well, he 84 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 2: was answering the patty questions when in fact he looked 85 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 2: at the opposition. He got an interjection from Damian O'Connor. 86 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 2: He called him a communist. So yeah, that was a 87 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 2: bit on the nose. Barbara Krueger, who was sitting in 88 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 2: for Jerry Browne today, she said, it's out of order. 89 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 2: He had to withdraw. But you know, it's pretty lively 90 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 2: in the house at the moment. 91 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: I love it very much. Thank you, very so for 92 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 1: senior political correspondent. 93 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 94 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 2: news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 95 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.