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Michael Knowles

Michael Knowles

Michael Knowles is the Home Affairs and Defence Editor at the Daily Express, covering immigration, people smuggling, terrorism and the UK armed forces.

Sep 23, 2026

6:02
No rows, but they didn't look like the best of friends, did they?
6:07
They did not, though.
6:08
President Trump can be much more diplomatic than his credit.
6:12
His critics give him credit for at least when he wants to be.
6:15
I thought he was very well behaved.
6:17
You saw he didn't even bring up the Chagos Islands.
6:19
It was the reporter who brought it up.
7:19
The relationship is important, but do you kind of think, Michael, if you're being honest, that we matter a bit less to America than we did, say, ten years ago?
28:10
How good is life for small boat migrants then?
28:14
Well, you get free hotels, you get a free home.
28:18
You get taxpayer-funded benefits, if you like, uh, as in the form of Aspen cards.
28:24
So if you've come from war-torn Eritrea or Sudan or Afghanistan, it isn't.
28:31
You can see why they risk it.
28:33
They want a better life.
28:36
But I think that's what grates at the British public so much, because our generosity is almost being taken the Mick out of when we can see such blatant disregard for our laws and our systems that are put in place.
31:12
So talk me through the investigation, but then also what's happening with the Home Office, dare I say, concealing data or not being very ... not voluntarily giving it over?
10:23
So, Michael Knowles, let me ask you, who is going to be running Venezuela? I'm confused.
10:30
Well, I don't think that the acting president of Venezuela invited those 150 American airplanes in to snatch out Maduro in the span of 88 minutes.
10:38
So she can talk a good game about how she's running things.
10:41
And obviously, the president doesn't want there to be some collapse of government and civil unrest.
10:46
I think they've managed this transition.
10:48
very beautifully.
10:49
But but Trump was clear in an interview that followed up and he said, look, I trust that Delcy will do a good job because if not, she's going to end up worse than Maduro.
13:10
But is the MAGA base going to split over this if this turns into a long-term game?

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