Americanswers…on 5 Live! Is Elon Musk being forced out of the White House?

美利坚之声……在5Live节目中!埃隆·马斯克是否正被迫离开白宫?

Americast

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2025-04-24

30 分钟
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Elon Musk says he’s stepping back from his role at DOGE and refocusing on Tesla after the electric car firm reported a huge drop in profit and sales for the start of this year. We look at whether he could be on his way out completely. Donald Trump meanwhile says he’ll be attending the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome this weekend. The late Pope was an outspoken critic of Trump’s policies during the president’s first term. Will Trump try and influence the appointment of his successor? Americanswers is back on 5 Live to answer your questions… HOSTS: • Matt Chorley, 5 Live Presenter • Justin Webb, Radio 4 Presenter • Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent • Sarah Smith, North America Editor • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent GET IN TOUCH: • Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB • Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480 • Email Americast@bbc.co.uk • Or use #Americast This episode was made by George Dabby with Rufus Gray and Grace Reeve. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer was Chris Flynn. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. If you want to be notified every time we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on BBC Sounds by hitting the subscribe button on the app. You can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. It works on most smart speakers. US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s BBC newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68093155 Americast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including The Global Story, The Today Podcast, and of course Newscast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below. The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd The Today Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r Newscast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p05299nl Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm
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  • Hello, AmeriCasters.

  • There are more of you now with us than ever before, and we'd like to try to keep it that way.

  • So do subscribe and tell people if you're enjoying what you're hearing.

  • Now, on with the episode.

  • Hi Americasters, it's Sarah here.

  • I'm back from my holidays and Mac Charlie is back in the hot seat as well and we've just come off air on Five Live where we're recording a special Wednesday edition of Americancers.

  • So in a few minutes you will hear me, Anthony,

  • Justin and Marianna answering all sorts of questions from when Elon Musk is going to step back from the administration to whether Donald Trump wants to play a role in appointing the next Pope and also news of that mysterious painting that Vladimir Putin gave to the President.

  • Welcome to Americanswers.

  • This is a terrible nightmare.

  • This is what victory feels like.

  • Yeah!

  • Right, before we get to the listeners' questions,

  • I want to bring up the search for the youngest and oldest Americaster.

  • which I know has been going on for the past couple of weeks.

  • In fact, last time we were all together, weren't you very rude to a young listener?

  • That's exactly what I was going to bring up.

  • There was a lovely 10-year-old who reached out, or relative of that 10-year-old,

  • and Justin was being a bit strict about the age limit of being an American.

  • I was strict in a way that would merely encourage him.