# "Trump wouldn't know Burnham if he slapped him"

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-statesman-podcast-subscriber-only-edition-1939815/trump-wouldn-t-know-burnham-if-he-slapped-him
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-statesman-podcast-subscriber-only-edition-1939815/trump-wouldn-t-know-burnham-if-he-slapped-him.md
Podcast: [The New Statesman Podcast, Subscriber Only Edition](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-statesman-podcast-subscriber-only-edition-1939815)
Published: 2026-07-03T06:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts
Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/nssubscribers1913/mehdi_finalmixdown.mp3?dest-id=814410
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-new-statesman-podcast-subscriber-only-edition-1939815/episodes/trump-wouldn-t-know-burnham-if-he-slapped-him
Duration seconds: 1904

## Resource

Some had dubbed Starmer as "the Trump whisperer", so how has this change in leader come across in the US? Do they even care? Mehdi Hasan, founder of Zeteo, joins us on The Exchange to discuss the view from across the pond and how Britain became a punching bag for the American right.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-new-statesman-podcast-subscriber-only-edition-1939815/episodes/trump-wouldn-t-know-burnham-if-he-slapped-him/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-new-statesman-podcast-subscriber-only-edition-1939815/trump-wouldn-t-know-burnham-if-he-slapped-him.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.