1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,720 S1: Well, a double sided ceasefire. What the hell does that mean? 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:06,480 S1: But it means that he won't be bombing power plants 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:10,559 S1: or bridges. Donald Trump's 8 a.m. deadline has come. Well, 4 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:12,600 S1: come at 8:00. But he's said, you know what, I'm 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:14,720 S1: going to give you another two weeks because apparently there's 6 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,160 S1: a ten point plan on the table for peace, everlasting 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:20,800 S1: peace in the Middle East. Gee, we hope that's correct. 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,240 S1: Kurt Klein is a US correspondent who joins us. Kurt 9 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:23,880 S1: good morning. 10 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:26,720 S2: Hey, it's great to be back with you. And good 11 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:30,640 S2: morning to you, Mick. Well, Donald Trump in so many 12 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,720 S2: things during his presidency first term and now into the 13 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,560 S2: second term, it's always two weeks away. We've been waiting 14 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,920 S2: for a health plan here in America that's always two 15 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:42,639 S2: weeks away for years and years. And I've seen some 16 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:46,040 S2: interesting tweets here in just the last few minutes. It's 17 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:48,760 S2: people basically saying there was no need to worry. It's 18 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,320 S2: Taco Tuesday still Tuesday here in the US of course. 19 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,959 S2: And Taco stands for Trump. Always chickens out. Oh and 20 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:03,720 S2: I know yeah. Taco Tuesday. Yeah. So it's a word 21 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,040 S2: that we have gotten used to here because there's so 22 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,240 S2: many things that Trump says he's going to do. And 23 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:10,280 S2: then at the last minute. But I was a little 24 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:14,280 S2: concerned about this Israeli TV. One of the networks there 25 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,399 S2: was even running a big countdown. I guess they have 26 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:22,160 S2: to stop now, that countdown clock to the genocide in Iran. 27 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,160 S2: And it'll be fascinating to see what happens. I'm in 28 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:29,600 S2: Las Vegas, of course. One of America's major tourist destinations 29 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:33,040 S2: was out all over town today. Things generally appear to 30 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:37,000 S2: be normal because people have been through this before. However, 31 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:41,240 S2: I saw some unconfirmed but seemingly reliable reports that the 32 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,400 S2: B-52s were already in the air. The bombers making their 33 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,040 S2: way to Iran before they have now been called back. 34 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:51,680 S2: One of the things that we hear about so much, 35 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:56,160 S2: there have already been over 30 members of Congress, Democratic 36 00:01:56,160 --> 00:02:01,080 S2: members of Congress, that have formally called for execution of 37 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:05,400 S2: the 25th amendment. Now, section four of the 25th amendment, 38 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:11,160 S2: our Constitution, which was written in 1789, over all that time, 39 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:15,480 S2: has only had 27 amendments. And what this is section for. 40 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,960 S2: Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the 41 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:23,280 S2: principal officers of the executive branch or other such body 42 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,560 S2: that Congress may provide for, decide that the president is 43 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:33,200 S2: incapable of fulfilling his duties. Then the Vice President becomes president. 44 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,280 S2: We have 15 of those cabinet positions in the US. 45 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,480 S2: So you would need eight of them, plus the vice president. 46 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:44,040 S2: But where is the vice president? The vice president now 47 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:50,239 S2: is in Hungary campaigning for Viktor Orban's re-election this weekend. 48 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,720 S2: And what a crazy situation you have there where you 49 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:59,160 S2: have Viktor Orban, who's being supported by Putin, Trump and 50 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:04,000 S2: Netanyahu to be re-elected. So it's just unprecedented in so 51 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,280 S2: many different areas that we have going on here. But 52 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,160 S2: many people are breathing a sigh of relief. You never 53 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,359 S2: know when it will be that one time that Trump 54 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,400 S2: doesn't chicken out and goes through with something. 55 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,960 S1: Well, hopefully that doesn't happen. Brad, one of our listeners says, 56 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,850 S1: I've got family in America and they have no idea 57 00:03:20,889 --> 00:03:24,290 S1: there's trouble in Iran and what's going on. It's business 58 00:03:24,290 --> 00:03:27,370 S1: as usual, not like us. It's got fewer restrictions, etc.. 59 00:03:27,410 --> 00:03:30,290 S1: Surely it must be biting into the American economy as well. 60 00:03:30,610 --> 00:03:33,010 S2: Oh my gosh, I was just figuring out the numbers 61 00:03:33,010 --> 00:03:37,450 S2: for you. Our gas prices have gone up substantially. May 62 00:03:37,450 --> 00:03:39,530 S2: not still get a lot of sympathy from you in 63 00:03:39,530 --> 00:03:43,570 S2: Western Australia, but we have seen our prices go to 64 00:03:43,610 --> 00:03:49,810 S2: in Australian dollars, about $1.88 per litre, which is very 65 00:03:49,810 --> 00:03:52,570 S2: high for us. We have been knocking down in some areas, 66 00:03:52,570 --> 00:03:57,810 S2: prices almost as low as $253 US a gallon. So 67 00:03:57,850 --> 00:03:59,970 S2: I don't have the conversion right in front of me. 68 00:03:59,970 --> 00:04:03,020 S2: But we've seen gas prices go up by about 25 69 00:04:03,020 --> 00:04:05,690 S2: to 30%. And that was one of the things that 70 00:04:05,690 --> 00:04:10,090 S2: was one of Trump's real, real guiding points for his 71 00:04:10,090 --> 00:04:13,210 S2: election is that it would be a better economy, it 72 00:04:13,210 --> 00:04:17,170 S2: would be lower gas prices, and maybe somebody got to 73 00:04:17,170 --> 00:04:20,089 S2: him to show his approval ratings. Just taking a look 74 00:04:20,089 --> 00:04:24,089 S2: at the new poll from The Economist, YouGov and The Economist, 75 00:04:24,089 --> 00:04:27,530 S2: of course, based in the UK, very respected. They have 76 00:04:27,529 --> 00:04:32,969 S2: Donald Trump now at 36% approval. Reuters has him also 77 00:04:32,970 --> 00:04:40,450 S2: at 36% approval, 62% disapproval, where 442 days into the 78 00:04:40,450 --> 00:04:44,610 S2: second Trump term. And, you know, there was a time 79 00:04:44,610 --> 00:04:48,170 S2: I can remember where Americans didn't have to. Didn't have 80 00:04:48,170 --> 00:04:50,890 S2: to think about the president every day. It wasn't a 81 00:04:50,890 --> 00:04:53,969 S2: top of mind issue. But that's not the case with 82 00:04:53,970 --> 00:04:57,370 S2: Donald Trump. But so many people are struggling just to 83 00:04:57,410 --> 00:05:00,130 S2: live their lives. Just to put food on the table 84 00:05:00,130 --> 00:05:02,570 S2: for their children, just to put gas in the tank. 85 00:05:02,810 --> 00:05:07,330 S2: Because in America, most cities, including here in the southwest, 86 00:05:07,330 --> 00:05:09,130 S2: if you don't have a car, you have a lot 87 00:05:09,130 --> 00:05:10,250 S2: of trouble getting around. 88 00:05:10,690 --> 00:05:13,529 S1: Alright, Kurt, good to hear your voice. We'll talk again soon. 89 00:05:13,570 --> 00:05:16,370 S1: Thanks for coming on the show, Kurt. You too. The 90 00:05:16,410 --> 00:05:19,650 S1: US correspondent, we had Kirk on today and we had 91 00:05:19,650 --> 00:05:22,770 S1: different correspondents yesterday. So we're trying to balance it up 92 00:05:22,770 --> 00:05:24,969 S1: by having different kind of points of view. So Kirk's 93 00:05:24,970 --> 00:05:27,530 S1: probably a bit different to Mr. Khan who we had 94 00:05:27,529 --> 00:05:29,530 S1: on the program yesterday. So but. 95 00:05:29,570 --> 00:05:31,170 S3: Interesting. We said that they have to think about their 96 00:05:31,170 --> 00:05:33,650 S3: president every day. The latest didn't. 97 00:05:33,690 --> 00:05:34,089 S1: Yeah.