Hello and welcome to the Americano podcast, a series of discussions about American politics, power and prejudices.

It is 2025 and Donald Trump is president once again of the United States.

We will, of course, be following the moves of the Donald

and his second administration very closely.

However, it won't just be politics for us this year.

We'll also talk a lot and cover American culture, life and the arts.

I should also remind you, because my producer, Natasha, will not let me hear the end of it,

that we are on Spectator TV.

So head to our YouTube channel to watch that.

I am delighted to be joined by Robert Bryce, a friend of the show.

As we say here, the Bryce is right.

Spectator World headquarters. He is the author of the question of power, electricity in the

wealth of nations, and the author of a brilliant substack, which I recommend all American

viewers and listeners subscribe to immediately.

Absolutely.

And it's great to have you here in London because the last time we spoke, you were in America, it was down.

Yeah, I think we've only zoomed before, or been online before.

We haven't done anything live, but this is great.

Let's talk about your latest, let's start by talking about your latest sub-stack post, which I thought was very interesting about Ford and EVs.

And the incredible losses, 17 billion.

Well, so by the end of this year, when you tally all the losses that Ford will have accumulated, because they're projecting another five billion dollar loss on electric vehicles this year

They will have lost 17 billion dollars since 2023

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