Gary O'Donoghue

I mean, he promised to end the war in Ukraine on day one. That hasn't happened, obviously. He believes there has to be a negotiated settlement, as I think most people do. What that looks like and how it's brought about, we're not yet clear on. And he's not yet made it clear how he plans to do that. His oil obsession is interesting, I think, because

Wanting to bring the price of oil down and putting pressure on OPEC, it's difficult to see how that would influence the outcome in Ukraine. But what it would definitely do is make drilling in the U.S. in certain places less viable. He wants people to drill, baby, drill.

Wanting to bring the price of oil down and putting pressure on OPEC, it's difficult to see how that would influence the outcome in Ukraine. But what it would definitely do is make drilling in the U.S. in certain places less viable. He wants people to drill, baby, drill.

Well, if the oil price is cheaper, then it becomes less economic to do it in difficult places in West Texas or Alaska or wherever. So I'm not quite sure whether he's thought that one absolutely through. But the question of ending the war in Ukraine is we still just don't know what his plan is on that.

Well, if the oil price is cheaper, then it becomes less economic to do it in difficult places in West Texas or Alaska or wherever. So I'm not quite sure whether he's thought that one absolutely through. But the question of ending the war in Ukraine is we still just don't know what his plan is on that.

The one thing about the EU is also worth bearing in mind is the EU is a market of 450 million people. It's a big old market. It's not going to be as easy as he would like to push Europe around as it was to push Colombia around. And so I'm sure they will come to some accommodation because American companies do want access to 450 million people with pretty high average incomes.

The one thing about the EU is also worth bearing in mind is the EU is a market of 450 million people. It's a big old market. It's not going to be as easy as he would like to push Europe around as it was to push Colombia around. And so I'm sure they will come to some accommodation because American companies do want access to 450 million people with pretty high average incomes.

Well, he could end up being someone living in the 51st state, couldn't he, of America if he moves to Canada, according to Donald Trump anyway.

Well, he could end up being someone living in the 51st state, couldn't he, of America if he moves to Canada, according to Donald Trump anyway.

Says the Irish woman.

Says the Irish woman.

Well, Panama is the other option, of course.

Well, Panama is the other option, of course.

I mean, I don't think there's much evidence that there was a lot of switches in this election. I mean, it's one of these bizarre things about American elections that the sort of voting demographics, you have to wait for ages to see the real detail, the real analysis done of those. We'll get a much more clearer idea of that in sort of April and May of this year.

I mean, I don't think there's much evidence that there was a lot of switches in this election. I mean, it's one of these bizarre things about American elections that the sort of voting demographics, you have to wait for ages to see the real detail, the real analysis done of those. We'll get a much more clearer idea of that in sort of April and May of this year.

But no, I think, you know, it wasn't the turnout of 2020, but it was still a very high turnout. So I think he was turning out people that probably didn't vote. It turned out more younger people who started to vote for him more, although not his majority, as we've mentioned already. So I don't think a lot of Democrats deserted, you know, went over in that sense.

But no, I think, you know, it wasn't the turnout of 2020, but it was still a very high turnout. So I think he was turning out people that probably didn't vote. It turned out more younger people who started to vote for him more, although not his majority, as we've mentioned already. So I don't think a lot of Democrats deserted, you know, went over in that sense.

But he just managed to turn out more.

But he just managed to turn out more.

I mean there is evidence that people like strong leadership and that even they – some surveys have shown quite a strong support in various places for things that verge on the autocratic because they think stuff gets done. The problem with it, of course, is that people love autocracy until it knocks on their front door.