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Following overnight talks in Geneva, Donald Trump has posted on social media that ‘something good might happen’ when it comes to talks to end the war in Ukraine. European leaders criticized the 28-point US peace plan when it was revealed last week, saying it was too favorable to Russia. A new plan has been promised, but President Zelensky has dashed Trump’s hopes for progress. Sarah, Anthony and Mariana join Matt Chorley on 5 Live to answer your questions. Let us see who is actually involved in carrying out the plan? And how would Donald Trump benefit from the proposed deal? Also, MAGA icon and Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign from Congress after her bitter feud with the President last week. Could we start to see a power shift within the MAGA movement after his departure? And why did Trump say the behavior of some Democrats was “death penalty worthy”? Also, what happened when New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met with Donald Trump at the White House on Friday? Clips of the meeting quickly went viral, with users commenting on the warmth between the two leaders. Is this the beginning of a meaningful friendship between Trump and Mamdani – or is it all just for show? Host: – Sarah Smith, North America Editor – Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent – Mariana Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent Stay in touch: – Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB – Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp on +44 330 123 9480 – Email Americanst@bbc.co.uk – Or use #Americast This episode was produced by Rufus Gray with Grace. Reeve was gone. The technical producer was Dafydd Evans. The producer of the series is Purvi Pattani. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. If you would like to be notified whenever we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on BBC Sounds by pressing the Subscribe button on the app. You can now listen to Americast on smart speakers. If you want to listen, just say “Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. This works on most smart speakers. US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s BBC newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68093155 Americast is part of the BBC News podcast family of podcasts. The team that creates AmericaCast also produces several other podcasts, including NewsCast and UkraineCast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you’re reading this we hope you do), we think you’ll enjoy some of our other pods too. See link given below. Newscast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p05299nl Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm Radical: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd
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