Enda Brady: UK correspondent on the Trump-Putin meeting

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are set to have their summit soon, but experts have voiced concerns about what this could mean for Ukraine.

European leaders appeared cautiously optimistic after holding a virtual meeting with Trump ahead of the pair's meeting in Alaska, with the US President saying his goal was to obtain a ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv.

UK correspondent Enda Brady unpacks the mood ahead of the meeting.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In the Brady UK correspondent with US.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
Now, hey Indn, Hey Heather, great to speak to you again.

Speaker 1 (00:04):
How likely do you think it is that Ukraine is
going to be carved up?

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Well, that's the big fear in Europe certainly. And look,
there was a last ditch zoom call yesterday with President Trump,
organized by the German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz, urging him not
to listen to Putin, not get involved in a carve up,
and that Ukraine must be represented at the next round
of negotiations. Now, what I'm hearing this morning here is

(00:28):
that Vladimir Zelenski is due in the UK this morning
and he will head straight to Number ten Downing Street
for a meeting with kir Starmer. So this will be
a high profile You'll see a lot of pictures in
the next couple of hours. This will be a high
profile meeting and just you know, showing the world that
the UK has Ukraine's back. So the big fear tomorrow

(00:51):
is that we end up with some sort of a
botched deal. The phrase we keep hearing from Americans is
that will be a West Bank style of patient And
I don't think anyone should be basing a peace deal
or a ceasefire on anything that Israel has done in
the past. It simply doesn't work. What are the.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
Chances that there is actually that's something concrete that comes
out of this. Is it not a greater chance that
the whole thing falls over?

Speaker 2 (01:17):
I think the big, big fear is the President Trump
has no understanding of Putin's mentality, his thinking, or his
relentless meat grinder approach to the war in Ukraine. Putin,
if he calls a cease fire, if they manage to
get a sease fire, he will simply replenish, restock, and
go again. And you know this is a guy. Putin

(01:39):
on record is saying to George W. Bush as far
back as two thousand and eight that he doesn't even
believe Ukraine is a country, So he's not going to
stop at Luhansk and Crimea and other regions that they
already have illegally occupied. The Putin plan is all of
Ukraine eventually, if not this year, if not next decade,

(02:00):
he will keep going. So we need someone to stop him.
And I think the big, big series concern in Europe
is that Trump thinks he's dealing with someone that you
know is going to give his word and keep it.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
And how much trouble is David Lemmy in over the fishing.

Speaker 2 (02:17):
So you would think that some of the army of
minions who surround themselves with our modern politicians would have
seen fit to go and buy a rod license. Last
week for JD. Vance and David Lammy, they called a
photocol they got the photographers in of the Vance family
are here on holidays. It's amazing JD is fishing with

(02:37):
David Lammy. No, no understanding of fishing. The environment. The
Environment Agency rules if you go fishing on a lake
or a river in the United Kingdom, you need a
rod license. Any five year old fisherman or girl would
tell you this. Lammy and JD. Vance decided to go fishing,

(02:57):
and then someone pointed out, ups haven't got fishing licenses.
So now that it's been reported to the Environment Agency
by Lammy himself, he's looking at a five thousand dollars fine.
Apparently he has gone and bought retrospective licenses. But we'll
see if that cuts the mustard.

Speaker 1 (03:14):
Now, okay, so tell me, just just paint me the
picture of Andrew swearing at them.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
Go on. So here we go. We're in a heat
wave this week. You might be able to hear the
air con. This is the only room I've found in
the building with aircom By the way, it's been twenty
eight to thirty two celsius most days this week in
the South of England. So some workmen have been brought
into the Royal Estate to install a speed bump just

(03:40):
near the Royal Lodge on Windsor Great Park, thirty two
bedroom mansion that Andrew rattles around him with his ex
wife Sarah Ferguson. Count the bedrooms thirty two. There are
two adults in that property. No wonder Charles's him out.
So anyway, there have been reports of someone driving like
an idiot at great speed regularly around the estate. Wonder

(04:01):
who that could be? And workmen are brought in to
put in a speed bump. So toiling away for probably
I'm guessing about twenty five dollars an hour, these poor
fellas in the heat wave, breaking their backs, digging out
the road, putting in a speed bump, and along comes
Prince Andrew on a horse. He slows down, he looks

(04:21):
down at the workmen and word for word he says,
what the f are you doing now? That was how
he greeted the workmen on the royal estate. Funnily enough,
they weren't happy. It's ended up in the papers this
week and given all of the headlines this guy's created
in the last two weeks with the new book about
his life and lifestyle and how he treats people, you

(04:42):
would think Andrew might want to keep a low profile.
But there we go, the gift that keeps on taking.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
What a knob. HI, thank you in appreciate Bridy UK correspond.

Speaker 2 (04:56):
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