{"id":233860,"date":"2025-04-09T21:05:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T20:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/exclusive-keir-starmer-addresses-his-awkward-2020-comments-on-trump-and-putin-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-04-09T21:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T20:05:28","slug":"exclusive-keir-starmer-addresses-his-awkward-2020-comments-on-trump-and-putin-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/exclusive-keir-starmer-addresses-his-awkward-2020-comments-on-trump-and-putin-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Keir Starmer addresses his AWKWARD 2020 comments on Trump and Putin | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/h9eZs5HE-WM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Exclusive: Keir Starmer addresses his AWKWARD 2020 comments on Trump and Putin | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h9eZs5HE-WM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>In this episode of Talking Politics, we get an exclusive reaction from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer after we found an eye-opening clip from the ITV News politics podcast archive where he said he wanted Donald Trump out of power.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer made the comments to Paul Brand in 2020 for the Acting Prime Minister podcast, when he said he couldn\u2019t choose between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin &#8211; and wanted to \u201cchange them both\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Peston put those comments to the PM in a sitdown interview, while questioning Starmer on the UK\u2019s response to the markets chaos sparked by Donald Trump\u2019s international tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>Anushka Asthana meanwhile grills Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall on our audience\u2019s huge concerns about the impact of the government\u2019s welfare cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Then after a brief quiz, Anushka and Paul discuss whether Keir Starmer\u2019s hopes of being a disruptor in politics are exactly what a majority of voters don\u2019t want.<\/p>\n<p>Got a question for the team? 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