In the Making: The End of the Special Relationship

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential end of the UK-US special relationship and features insights on space policy and NASA's budget.

This week, on America: In the Making … Will Greenland be the death of the UK-US special relationship? AI-generated confusion after Monkeys escape a zoo in Missouri, and One small step for Congress, one giant leap for mankind. I speak to Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, about Trump’s failed efforts to decimate the NASA budget. . Special Guest: This week, we are delighted to be joined by Emma Long, an Associate Professor in American History and Politics at the University of East Anglia. . Useful Links: Trump has threatened Europe with higher tariffs. What happens now? | The Independent The exchange of messages between Norway's prime minister and President Trump | Reuters Keir Starmer about to hold emergency press conference Trump Shares Map of US Including Greenland, Canada, Venezuela - Newsweek Congress passes $24.4 billion NASA budget, rejecting Trump's deep cuts As Musk works to slash federal spending, his own firms have received billions in government contracts - ABC News The Planetary Society Army has put 1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment | AP News Multiple monkeys on the loose in St. Louis | AP News Supreme Court weighs…

People in this episode

Host: Liam Heffernan

Guests: Casey Dreier, Emma Long

Topics covered

• UK-US relations
• space policy
• Trump administration
• NASA budget
• political analysis
• current events

Keywords

• special relationship
• Greenland
• NASA budget
• Trump
• space policy
• Congress
• politics
• monkeys
• current events

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Planetary Society, NASA, The Independent, Reuters, Newsweek, ABC News, AP News

Places: Greenland, UK, US

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