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On day 38 of Trump’s presidency, the White House have announced that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit President Trump at the end of the week.    
  
US correspondents Mark Stone, James Matthews and Martha Kelner discuss what could be in the minerals deal at the centre of the surprise summit and how it will affect UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s imminent visit.   
  
Plus, the three discuss the news from White House’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s briefing including the latest on immigration operations at Guantanamo Bay and how federal employees are reacting to Elon Musk's job cuts. 
    
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Three years to the day since Russia invaded Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron rekindled his relationship with President Donald Trump in the White House.

But did the meeting bring Ukraine closer to peace? On this episode US correspondents James Matthews and Mark Stone discuss whether Macron's visit shifted the dial on Ukraine and if he convinced Trump to reconsider his relationship with Europe.

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Federal US government employees all received an email over the weekend, demanding them to explain what work they did last week. Elon Musk posted on social media that "failure to respond will be taken as a resignation".

On this episode US correspondent Martha Kelner is joined by Susan Glasser, journalist, writer and podcaster at The New Yorker. She gives her take on President Trump's first few weeks in office and explains why Musk is the one making this term different to the last. She also shares why she believes Trump is on a "campaign of revenge" which will have consequences that could last for decades.

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On today's episode, our US correspondents James Matthews and Mark Stone tackle listeners' questions. 

They are asked about the checks placed on President Trump's power, whether Russia has ever tried to join NATO, and rumours that Donald Trump could run for a third term. 

If you've got a question you'd like James, Martha and Mark to answer, you can email it to [email protected]

As President Trump claims he is "close" to signing a mining deal with Ukraine, and his secretary of state Marco Rubio talks about a lack of "gratitude" from President Zelenskyy for US military assistance, our US correspondents Mark Stone, Martha Kelner and James Matthews discuss if this is the real reason Trump's administration appears to have turned it's back on Ukraine.   
  
And, why Canada is taking their feud with Donald Trump on to the ice. 
 
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Elon Musk walked on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) waving "the chainsaw of bureaucracy", a reference to the thousands of federal jobs his Department of Government Efficiency has cut. US correspondents James Matthews and Martha Kelner react to the spectacle and the message it sends to his approach to job cuts. James also catches up with Reform UK's Nigel Farage and former Trump aide Steve Bannan at the conference.  
 
Meanwhile, Martha interviews Arielle Kane, a former federal government worker who was sacked while working on a programme trying to reduce maternal mortality. She shares how she found out she was part of the cuts and her fears for the future without her job.  
 
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As President Trump doubles down on his accusation that Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy is a "dictator" for postponing elections due to the ongoing war, our US correspondents Mark Stone and James Matthews discuss how quickly a war of words appears to have shifted US foreign policy.  

They also get the reaction of the UK ambassador to the US, Lord Mandelson, as well as US Senators from both sides of the aisle, to President Trump’s comments and his plans for peace in Ukraine.   

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As Donald Trump calls on President Zelenskyy to hold elections if he wants peace for Ukraine, our US correspondents Mark Stone and Martha Kelner discuss why European leaders are starting to take him at his word.  
 
Plus, Martha Kelner is in California’s Yosemite National Park speaking to workers who’ve lost their jobs under Elon Musk’s government efficiency programme.  
  
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As Donald Trump’s team begin Ukraine peace talks with Russia in Saudi Arabia and European allies convene emergency talks in Paris, US correspondent James Matthews is joined by the Daily Mail’s chief US political correspondent Rob Crilly. 
  
Rob lifts the lid on his recent trip to Europe with US vice president JD Vance, why Mr Trump appears to favour Saudi Arabia over Europe, and what it’s like to interview the president himself. 

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On this episode, our US correspondents James Matthews, Martha Kelner and Mark Stone tackle listeners' questions on everything from the influence of Elon Musk in the Republican Party, to Donald Trump’s plans for Ukraine, to the story behind the pen President Trump uses to sign all his Executive Orders.  
 
If you’ve got a question you’d like James, Martha and Mark to answer, you can email it to [email protected]