{"id":337739,"date":"2026-04-25T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-happened-when-the-bbc-cold-called-us-president-donald-trump-bbc-americast\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T00:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:00:16","slug":"what-happened-when-the-bbc-cold-called-us-president-donald-trump-bbc-americast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-happened-when-the-bbc-cold-called-us-president-donald-trump-bbc-americast\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened when the BBC cold-called US President Donald Trump? | BBC Americast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/oQxkdkQQKYA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What happened when the BBC cold-called US President Donald Trump? | BBC Americast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oQxkdkQQKYA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The president talks to Americast\u2019s Sarah Smith about Starmer, the King and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, Sarah and Anthony thoroughly unpack her phone call with Donald Trump, how she planned the interview\u2026and also, she tells us what happened when the US president unexpectedly called her back.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to what Donald Trump told Sarah about next week\u2019s state visit from King Charles and Queen Camilla, and how he thinks it could help repair relations with the UK. He also has advice for how Keir Starmer can recover after the fallout from Peter Mandelson\u2019s appointment as US ambassador. Plus, Sarah asks Trump about his earlier threat to \u201cwipe out\u201d an entire civilisation in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Sarah\u2019s call to Donald Trump<br \/>\n01:21 What did Trump say about the BBC?<br \/>\n03:16 Trump\u2019s comments about King Charles<br \/>\n04:57 What did Trump say about the UK?<br \/>\n07:52 Did the Iran war come up?<br \/>\n11:32 What moment made Trump hang up?<br \/>\n13:37 Trump\u2019s butt dial<br \/>\n15:24 What\u2019s it like to talk to Trump?<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews #Americast #Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president talks to Americast\u2019s Sarah Smith about Starmer, the King and Iran. 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