‘I'm very confident that someday soon we're going to have government as good as our people again’Paddy O’Connell speaks to former US Vice President Mike Pence about President Trump’s second term in office.
Pence, whose political career began a quarter of a century ago, first rose to international prominence when he was selected by Donald Trump to be his running mate for the 2016 US Presidential election.When the insurgent billionaire shocked the world by defeating Hillary Clinton, Pence found himself at the centre of an administration beset by multiple controversies from the very beginning, including having to navigate impeachment proceedings against his boss.The pair, however, weren’t always aligned in their worldviews, and the relationship became increasingly frayed behind closed doors. Formal ties were severed when Pence resisted efforts by Trump to overturn his election defeat to Joe Biden in 2020.After leaving the post of Vice-President, Pence remained active in politics in the years that followed, eventually running for the Republican nomination for the 2024 Presidential election. This was, of course, won by his old boss - but Pence refused to endorse him the second time around.Despite the turbulent four years in office, he remains proud of what he and Trump achieved in that time. However, he can now speak more freely about his former boss, who is back in the White House for a second term.His experience at the very top of American politics also gives him unique insight into events both at home and abroad. In this wide-ranging interview, he discusses many pressing issues including vaccine scepticism, global tariffs and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Thank you to the Newsnight team for their help in making this programme.
The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC. You can listen on the BBC World Service, Mondays and Wednesdays at 0700 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out twice a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.Presenter: Paddy O’Connell
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this interview is a sickeningly shameful vomit or bbc bias and slavishly pro israeli stand. shame on youp
Are you Ashamed of what you did ? is the only worthy question to be put to such a person
She is extremely racist and two-faced, clearly manipulating her words to mask a calculated and systemic form of evil. Her hypocrisy knows no bounds, as she twists facts to serve her agenda while maintaining a false image of fairness. Her condescension and deceit are as apparent as her lack of genuine empathy, making her a symbol of corrupt authority. Arrogance, that her moral compass is completely broken..where do you find these B×××××
stephen the lap dog. israel is commiting a genocide. your attempts to always add a disclaimer only brings attention to the fact that israel is committing attrocities unimaginagble.
why is iran supposed to show restraint and be disciplined as israel moves around on murder rampages like a mad dog?
sir i voted for you as an immigrant jaja but people wanted obama
this interview is a complete waste of time. this guy sounds like a psychotic serial murderer who needs to be committed to an institution
Yet another lie from an Israeli official goes unchallenged by HardTalk. It is such a disgusting lie to say there have been more aid trucks to Gaza than there were before the genocide. Not a word of challenge from Stephen Sackur.
danon sounds positively murderous and demented
very sad, that Jan actually believes he is making a difference. what he is doing, is keeping himself in a job......
let's not forget. the slaughter that was acted out on Israel by Hamas. no. iIsrael has not acted, unwisely.
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Last time Hardtalk had someone from Israel on was nearly three weeks ago. Gazans killed were reported around a thousand. The number of Gazans killed is now reported around NINE thousand. What ya think? Time to get someone on from Israel again??
nice talk
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what a Moran ! shameful
The interviewer missed an opportunity to ask him. Why do you talk with that put on British accent?
strange how they don't talk about the FGM in Indonesia and Malaysia, its growing there in response to further islamisation. Didnyou choose to highlight the Sierra Leone one because it is not linked to Islam?
recorded two times!