Sir John Key: former Prime Minister on Luxon's first face to face meeting with Donald Trump

The Prime Minister has offered Donald Trump a day's golfing in New Zealand with Sir John Key - if he visits. 

Chris Luxon had his first face to face conversation with Trump on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in South Korea.

The US President mentioned visiting New Zealand a long time ago, calling it beautiful. 

Key, says he'd have no problem having a round with Trump.

"I showed Obama round New Zealand, he was the former president at that point - but beautiful golf courses, why not? It'd be an entertaining chat for four hours on the course, wouldn't it?"

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Speaking of the Prime Minister. He's had his first meeting
with Donald Trump last night and it went very very well.
Trump asked Luxem well, they talked about hair first of all,
and then Trump asked Luckxon what the best golfing spots
in New Zealand were, and Luckson offered Trump a day
golfing with Sir John Key at tara Etti golf course.
Course its Tara eating. Saw what case was Tara eating?
A guy called.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
Would you did that one course?

Speaker 3 (00:26):
Be the burster?

Speaker 2 (00:27):
Is that wrong? It's actually how they go out. There's
about three and on the top ten, which.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
Is about three tari If you're being a one to come.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
John Key must take the others.

Speaker 1 (00:39):
So if it happens, the job falls to John Key
to take him out on the golf course. He's ever
a chat to him. Sir John Key's with us high.

Speaker 4 (00:45):
John evening here.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Yeah, how do you feel about hosting Trump on the
golf course?

Speaker 4 (00:51):
Yeah, no problems.

Speaker 3 (00:52):
I mean I've got four may I mean I showed
Obama around New Zealand.

Speaker 4 (00:55):
He was well former president there at that point.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
But yeah, so, I mean beautiful golf courses, why not
it'd be entertaining chat for four hours on the course.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
Wouldn't that?

Speaker 1 (01:04):
Would you? Would you pick have been tart as well?

Speaker 4 (01:08):
Yeah, probably Tari Maybe Wyreki is gorgeous.

Speaker 3 (01:10):
I mean that sort of shows off the flora and
fauna and the native BirdLife of New Zealand. So that's
a fantastic piece of golfing history, if you like, in
New Zealand golf course in New Zealand and Tapo so
maybe there, but yeah, absolutely beautiful. You know, he's ranked
are very high in the world, and.

Speaker 4 (01:32):
Yeah, it's good.

Speaker 1 (01:32):
Now, I don't want to make you feel bad about yourself,
But does Donald Trump know who you are? When he said, here,
John Key will show you around. Was Donald Trump like
John I all know him?

Speaker 4 (01:44):
Yeah? Well, I mean he probably should do.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
Yeah, but that doesn't mean anything.

Speaker 4 (01:51):
Well, if he could he peck me out of a lineup, probably.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
Not, but you never know, I mean, you live in
the hope or whatever.

Speaker 2 (02:00):
But yeah, I'm sure he would be so well brief
that by the time he actually got to the course,
with his secret service details and the rest of it,
I regually know who I was by the end.

Speaker 4 (02:11):
But yeah, in theory, does I mean he rang me
to congratulate me?

Speaker 3 (02:16):
At one point when I was leaving and I rang
him to wish him the best when he became president
elect's first time around twenty sixteen.

Speaker 1 (02:22):
And you know, normal people would remember that, wouldn't they.
But then he's not normal, is he? Now? How do
you think Luxeon did?

Speaker 2 (02:30):
It?

Speaker 1 (02:30):
Looks to me like that was pretty successful.

Speaker 4 (02:32):
Looks really successful.

Speaker 3 (02:33):
I mean, that's the best you can hope for in
these kind of events. A Paul's side is, look, it's
just a meeting that you're not basically ushering all the
cameras and for straight away, I mean it's the same principle.
You have a great opportunity to form a bit of
a relationship. I think, as the Pemid said before he
went there, he'd had another phone conversations with him, but
something like a person to person meeting, I mean in

(02:56):
the United States is you know, it's an ally and
you know and crevery important part of you know, the
makeup of New Zealand really have been a big, big
trading counterpart for New Zealand. We're part of the Five
Eyes and all of those historical things, and you know,
the leader of the Free Will Leagues, so you know,
there's a lot to talk about and important. I think
that the promise of the day is a good relationship

(03:18):
with the you whoever's in the White House.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
Yeah, John, listen, thank you as always, I really appreciate
your time. Go and have a lovely day. That's John Key,
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