At War in the Trump White House

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

General HR McMaster has a military career spanning three decades. Little did he know that a deployment much closer to home would prove his toughest mission yet. In a conversation about his new book lifting the lid on his time in the Trump White House, McMaster discusses Trump’s strongman obsession, and the time his wife helped prevent a major diplomatic incident. Then Ian McKellen discusses his new movie - The Critic – and how wearing a "fat suit" on stage saved him from serious harm. Journalists Afua Hirsch and Mark Landler discuss where free speech ends and law enforcement begins, after the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov. In the Amanpour Archive this week we turn to one of its most controversial kings. And Finally - the Afghan women defying the Taliban's latest inhumane laws, by singing for freedom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.2	People would play to Trump's ego.
0:45.8	From the trenches, why serving in the Trump White House
0:49.4	was General H.R. McMaster's toughest mission yet.
0:52.6	He wanted to be regarded the way he thought people regarded the strong men.
0:56.1	Also this hour, legendary actor Ian McKellen,
0:59.3	on why he'll never retire and the fat suit that saved him.
1:03.0	As I landed on, someone in the front row, I heard myself screaming,
1:07.0	help me, help me.
1:09.0	Then quickfire conversation with journalist Afwa Hirsch and Mark Landler on the week's biggest stories.
1:15.0	Should Elon Musk worry about being arrested the next time he goes to France?
1:18.0	It's not an inconceivable notion.
1:20.0	And from my archive, Holy Ghosting, the Divine Disconnect that reshaped Britain,
1:26.0	and why my conversation with the author Hillary Mantel is more relevant than ever.
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