March 7, 2025 • 7 mins
Donald Trump has consistently been in the news since he began his second term as US President.
This week he has clashed with Elon Musk, paused tariffs on Mexico and Canada, threatened new tariffs on Canada, and spoken on behalf of Putin for the war in Ukraine.
But what do Kiwi’s think of the President?
Kevin Milne says a quarter of New Zealanders would have voted for Trump.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
They'd be okay, sixteen minutes past nine on News Talks,
he'd be ah, Jack, totally feel for you, guys. Our
youngest was like that, I'm not going to tell you
how long it took to get sordered. Stay strong. Yeah,
I think we might be in for the long haul here, Jack.
How many shirts have you gone through burping a little
precious bundle of joy? I was on average two a day, sismas,
Oh to a day. It's amazing. How quickly, actually, forsi
(00:34):
all amazing. How quickly become absolutely obsessed with your child's
bowel movements. I know that's tam I, but sorry. The
next thing is absolutely amazing. How quickly you just don't
really care about your own appearance. I'm like, ah, like
this only has like baby puke and like dried milk
stains on two sides. It should be all good. Jack
(00:56):
love listening to your Saturday Morning says your little boy
got a name yet?
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Yeah, sorry, he does. I thought I said this maybe
Heaven Marney m a with a little macron on it
in I a Persian name. It means eternal. We wanted
because his mum's Persian, we wanted to give m a
Persian name, but a lot of Pussian names are a
bit of a mouthful, to say the least. So yeah,
money tame. Here you go seventeen minutes past nine on
(01:19):
new Stalk, seed be Kevin Mill. There's the weather this morning,
killed Skyer.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
I've just heard the name myself, and I was because
I was going to ask you about that money.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
What a gorgeous name, thanks, Kevin. Well, we know from
your editorial, so you can't. You can't come out and
slave me off, now, can you.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Oh no, No, genuinely I love the name and it
also it has a kind of slightly Mari feeling feel
about it too. Yeah, well it does.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, that was part of the consideration. In fact, the
so the macron over the A isn't that's not that's
not strictly Persian or in Pharisie. But his brother goes
to full immersion, and we thought, oh if we put
a if we put a too, a little macron over
the a, that will help or key weis to pronounce
(02:06):
his name. So it's many as opposed to many, you know.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Oh okay, yeah, yeah, oh no, that's that's beautiful. I
don't know whether you know, but there's there's a Persian
sort of link in my relationship with London, is there. Yeah?
I met my wife when we were both working for
the Iranian oil company.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
What you work for the Iranian oil company?
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Yeah, the Iranian oil company in London.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Ah, goodness, man, I had no idea. But this is
presumably pre revolution, Kit.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Yes, it was just before the revolution. Was pretty much
the end of that little firm. But yeah, we used
to buy all the oil, oil equipment and drilling equipment,
all that stuff through for the Iranian oil fields.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Interesting. Did you ever get to go and visit?
Speaker 3 (02:51):
No, No, sadly not. I've missed the damn good opportunity
I could have gone, then, I suppose. Yeah, it's always
getting a beautiful rug.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Yes, yes, yeah, well I mean here, there's certainly lots
to offer in that part of the world, a though
can be tricky to travel there, obviously, But yeah, how amazing.
I did not did not appreciate that little connection, Kevin.
But anyway, like anyone who has come even remotely close
to the news this week, you have been thinking a
whole lot about a certain man in a certain white
(03:22):
House exactly.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
I'm talking about Bresident Donald Trump like everybody else has
been this week, I thought, in particular, I talked about
how popular he is in New Zealand, how many New
Zealanders would have voted for him if they had been
able to vote in the last US elections, how many
would have voted for Trump Kiwis. I thought it might
(03:48):
be impossible to get information on this, but actually no.
I checked online and several reputable posters have asked New
Zealanders it very questioned, and it seems their answers have
come out very simpler, very similar. It had seemed, according
to the posters that the last US elections, nearly a
(04:09):
quarter of New Zealanders said that they would have voted
for Trump twenty three percent. This surprised me, at least
at first. I've never spoken to anyone anywhere who has
said to me I like Trump, or I'd have voted
for Trump. This is probably, of course, because I tend
to mix with liberal progressives. I think most people who've
(04:31):
heard me on radio or TV over the years would
know that I'm not a right winger. So the fact
they don't confront me with the fact that they're Trump
fans showed you just how polite right wingers can be. Jack.
In your private life, has anyone told you they are
or would be Trump supporters?
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Yes, yeah, I've got I'm free. I've got friends in America,
my closest American friends. One of them is an absolute
like Trump die Hard. When I said Trump die Hard,
I mean he would have spent thousands of dollars on
Trump merch and lawn signs and T shirts and everything. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Yeah, what about New Zealand?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
In New Zealand, do you know I think I think
in New Zealand, people are you know, maybe people are
less kind of partisan die hard about it, but I
reckon there would be lots of people who at the
very least find him refreshing and find some parts of
his policy agenda to be you know, to be exciting,
(05:32):
and and they be supportive of that. I mean John
Key is a good example, right, He said that he
thought when he thought Trump should win going into the
you know, going into the last election. But you're right, you.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Read of these. It's just that I never actually come
up front, face to face with any It's an issue. Really.
We move in our own bubbles increasingly, so perhaps I mean,
if nearly a quarter of New Zealanders have a sneaking
liking for Donald Trump, where are they? I asked myselves.
I'd guess that more of these people are in my
age group than yours, but I never seem to meet them.
(06:06):
Either the posters have got it wrong or I'm living
two isolated a life. Having said that, I hope that,
having made disappoint I'm not going to be confronted by
Trump bites everywhere over the next few weeks.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Yeah, well, careful what you wish for there, Kevin. I
think here's the observation i'd make. I reckon that in
the US people are much more like loud and proud
about liking Trump, whereas in New Zealand they probably don't
feel that compulsion. But in the same way they don't
feel that compulsion about supporting other international politicians. You know,
you just don't see people kind of wearing Make America
(06:42):
Great Again hats quite as frequently on the Carpety coast
as you might in you know, various America cities. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Yeah, though, funnily enough, Nats make it pretty clear, don't
they fairly soon in a conversation you suss out there
politics reasonably.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Quickly people say the same thing about you, Kevin.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Maybe they don't need to listen to the radio.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Is it much the thing?
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Yeah, the thing I always find refreshing. I thought, yeah,
I thought twenty three percent was quite a high man.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Yeah, it is, it is. It's really interesting. Actually, I
think that'll surprise a lot of people. Thank you for that, Kevin,
ninety two, ninety two. I'm sure I'm plenty of Donald
Trump supporters or texted now and say, Jack, we're here,
we're fans. Let us know where Kevin is going to
be and we'll go and tell them that we love
Trump too. Get in touch if you'd like to. I'll
show some of your feedback very shortly.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talks' b from nine Am, saturday or follow
the podcast On. iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
They'd be okay, sixteen minutes past nine on News Talks,
he'd be ah, Jack, totally feel for you, guys. Our
youngest was like that, I'm not going to tell you
how long it took to get sordered. Stay strong. Yeah,
I think we might be in for the long haul here, Jack.
How many shirts have you gone through burping a little
precious bundle of joy? I was on average two a day, sismas,
Oh to a day. It's amazing. How quickly, actually, forsi
(00:34):
all amazing. How quickly become absolutely obsessed with your child's
bowel movements. I know that's tam I, but sorry. The
next thing is absolutely amazing. How quickly you just don't
really care about your own appearance. I'm like, ah, like
this only has like baby puke and like dried milk
stains on two sides. It should be all good. Jack
(00:56):
love listening to your Saturday Morning says your little boy
got a name yet?
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Yeah, sorry, he does. I thought I said this maybe
Heaven Marney m a with a little macron on it
in I a Persian name. It means eternal. We wanted
because his mum's Persian, we wanted to give m a
Persian name, but a lot of Pussian names are a
bit of a mouthful, to say the least. So yeah,
money tame. Here you go seventeen minutes past nine on
(01:19):
new Stalk, seed be Kevin Mill. There's the weather this morning,
killed Skyer.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
I've just heard the name myself, and I was because
I was going to ask you about that money.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
What a gorgeous name, thanks, Kevin. Well, we know from
your editorial, so you can't. You can't come out and
slave me off, now, can you.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Oh no, No, genuinely I love the name and it
also it has a kind of slightly Mari feeling feel
about it too. Yeah, well it does.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, that was part of the consideration. In fact, the
so the macron over the A isn't that's not that's
not strictly Persian or in Pharisie. But his brother goes
to full immersion, and we thought, oh if we put
a if we put a too, a little macron over
the a, that will help or key weis to pronounce
(02:06):
his name. So it's many as opposed to many, you know.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Oh okay, yeah, yeah, oh no, that's that's beautiful. I
don't know whether you know, but there's there's a Persian
sort of link in my relationship with London, is there. Yeah?
I met my wife when we were both working for
the Iranian oil company.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
What you work for the Iranian oil company?
Speaker 3 (02:26):
Yeah, the Iranian oil company in London.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Ah, goodness, man, I had no idea. But this is
presumably pre revolution, Kit.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Yes, it was just before the revolution. Was pretty much
the end of that little firm. But yeah, we used
to buy all the oil, oil equipment and drilling equipment,
all that stuff through for the Iranian oil fields.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Interesting. Did you ever get to go and visit?
Speaker 3 (02:51):
No, No, sadly not. I've missed the damn good opportunity
I could have gone, then, I suppose. Yeah, it's always
getting a beautiful rug.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Yes, yes, yeah, well I mean here, there's certainly lots
to offer in that part of the world, a though
can be tricky to travel there, obviously, But yeah, how amazing.
I did not did not appreciate that little connection, Kevin.
But anyway, like anyone who has come even remotely close
to the news this week, you have been thinking a
whole lot about a certain man in a certain white
(03:22):
House exactly.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
I'm talking about Bresident Donald Trump like everybody else has
been this week, I thought, in particular, I talked about
how popular he is in New Zealand, how many New
Zealanders would have voted for him if they had been
able to vote in the last US elections, how many
would have voted for Trump Kiwis. I thought it might
(03:48):
be impossible to get information on this, but actually no.
I checked online and several reputable posters have asked New
Zealanders it very questioned, and it seems their answers have
come out very simpler, very similar. It had seemed, according
to the posters that the last US elections, nearly a
(04:09):
quarter of New Zealanders said that they would have voted
for Trump twenty three percent. This surprised me, at least
at first. I've never spoken to anyone anywhere who has
said to me I like Trump, or I'd have voted
for Trump. This is probably, of course, because I tend
to mix with liberal progressives. I think most people who've
(04:31):
heard me on radio or TV over the years would
know that I'm not a right winger. So the fact
they don't confront me with the fact that they're Trump
fans showed you just how polite right wingers can be. Jack.
In your private life, has anyone told you they are
or would be Trump supporters?
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Yes, yeah, I've got I'm free. I've got friends in America,
my closest American friends. One of them is an absolute
like Trump die Hard. When I said Trump die Hard,
I mean he would have spent thousands of dollars on
Trump merch and lawn signs and T shirts and everything. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Yeah, what about New Zealand?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
In New Zealand, do you know I think I think
in New Zealand, people are you know, maybe people are
less kind of partisan die hard about it, but I
reckon there would be lots of people who at the
very least find him refreshing and find some parts of
his policy agenda to be you know, to be exciting,
(05:32):
and and they be supportive of that. I mean John
Key is a good example, right, He said that he
thought when he thought Trump should win going into the
you know, going into the last election. But you're right, you.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
Read of these. It's just that I never actually come
up front, face to face with any It's an issue. Really.
We move in our own bubbles increasingly, so perhaps I mean,
if nearly a quarter of New Zealanders have a sneaking
liking for Donald Trump, where are they? I asked myselves.
I'd guess that more of these people are in my
age group than yours, but I never seem to meet them.
(06:06):
Either the posters have got it wrong or I'm living
two isolated a life. Having said that, I hope that,
having made disappoint I'm not going to be confronted by
Trump bites everywhere over the next few weeks.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Yeah, well, careful what you wish for there, Kevin. I
think here's the observation i'd make. I reckon that in
the US people are much more like loud and proud
about liking Trump, whereas in New Zealand they probably don't
feel that compulsion. But in the same way they don't
feel that compulsion about supporting other international politicians. You know,
you just don't see people kind of wearing Make America
(06:42):
Great Again hats quite as frequently on the Carpety coast
as you might in you know, various America cities. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Yeah, though, funnily enough, Nats make it pretty clear, don't
they fairly soon in a conversation you suss out there
politics reasonably.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
Quickly people say the same thing about you, Kevin.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Maybe they don't need to listen to the radio.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Is it much the thing?
Speaker 3 (07:11):
Yeah, the thing I always find refreshing. I thought, yeah,
I thought twenty three percent was quite a high man.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Yeah, it is, it is. It's really interesting. Actually, I
think that'll surprise a lot of people. Thank you for that, Kevin,
ninety two, ninety two. I'm sure I'm plenty of Donald
Trump supporters or texted now and say, Jack, we're here,
we're fans. Let us know where Kevin is going to
be and we'll go and tell them that we love
Trump too. Get in touch if you'd like to. I'll
show some of your feedback very shortly.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talks' b from nine Am, saturday or follow
the podcast On. iHeartRadio
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