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  • Trump and Musk’s plan for world domination

    Trump and Musk’s plan for world domination
    Feb 7 2025
    Between Donald Trump’s suggestion that the US could take control of the Gaza Strip, forcibly removing Palestinians from their homes, and Elon Musk’s continued efforts to dismantle the US federal government, the critics are lining up. The Democrat senator Andy Kim is one of them. But what can he, his party, or anybody else do to stop the president and his non-elected billionaire pal? He speaks to Jonathan Freedland
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    27 min
  • The fight to protect LGBTQ+ rights from Trump

    The fight to protect LGBTQ+ rights from Trump
    Jan 31 2025
    Less than two weeks into his second term as president, Donald Trump has signed several executive orders restricting the rights of LGBTQ+ people. But, as happened during his first term, organisations representing the community are fighting back. This week, Joan E Greve explores how this marginalised minority are planning to push back against such strong political will. How far could this conservative administration go?
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    24 min
  • Can anyone hold back Donald Trump?

    Can anyone hold back Donald Trump?
    Jan 24 2025
    In the first few days of his presidency, people tried to challenge and reason with Donald Trump – suing his administration, questioning his decisions to reporters and pleading to him for mercy. But does Trump care what his critics think? Jonathan Freedland speaks to Susan Glasser of the New Yorker about what we can expect from a leader who goes it alone
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    30 min
  • Executive orders, Gulf of America and flags on Mars: Trump’s first day in office

    Executive orders, Gulf of America and flags on Mars: Trump’s first day in office
    Jan 20 2025
    The cold forced the speeches indoors but it didn’t stop Donald Trump from announcing a flurry of executive orders dismantling much of the work of his predecessor. Jonathan Freedland speaks to the US commentator Molly Jong-Fast about what a virtual declaration of war against an American ally, a promise to “expand America’s territory” and a couple of declarations of emergency say about what we can expect from the next four years
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    25 min
  • The Middle East, inflation and Trump’s return – what will Biden’s legacy be?

    The Middle East, inflation and Trump’s return – what will Biden’s legacy be?
    Jan 17 2025
    After 15 months of war, a ceasefire deal in Gaza has been reached. In his farewell address to the nation, Joe Biden tried to convince the US public that it was just one of many successes he’d had in the White House. But is that how his time in office will be remembered? Jonathan Freedland speaks to the author Franklin Foer about Biden’s legacy
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    31 min
  • Silicon Valley leaders bend the knee to Trump

    Silicon Valley leaders bend the knee to Trump
    Jan 10 2025
    This week we learned that Meta is dropping third-party fact-checking, the Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, spiked a cartoon that made fun of him and other tech leaders kneeling before a statue of Donald Trump, and just about all the big Silicon Valley companies are donating $1m to Trump’s inauguration fund. Jonathan Freedland and Blake Montgomery look at who will hold the power between big tech and the White House over the next four years
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    31 min
  • What happens if Trump pardons the January 6 rioters?

    What happens if Trump pardons the January 6 rioters?
    Jan 3 2025
    Four years after the 6 January attack on the Capitol, Donald Trump has promised he will pardon hundreds of his supporters who were convicted over their roles in it. This comes after Joe Biden gave an unconditional pardon to his own son, Hunter, for federal crimes of which he had been convicted. This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Kimberly Wehle, a constitutional law expert, about whether the presidential pardon has become nothing more than a perk of the job to be used for a president’s personal convenience
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    29 min
  • Jimmy Carter’s legacy: Politics Weekly America

    Jimmy Carter’s legacy: Politics Weekly America
    Dec 30 2024
    Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died. He was 100 years old. Today, Jonathan Freedland talks to Jimmy Carter’s biographer, Jonathan Alter, about why history should look favourably on the peanut farmer turned politician
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    25 min