Bonus Q&A: Trump returns to the White House
Radical with Amol Rajan
BBC
4.5 • 919 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
After Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States he immediately set about signing executive orders on everything from immigration to climate change so in this episode we answer your questions.
Amol and Nick are joined from Washington DC by fellow Today presenter Justin Webb to discuss the return of the Make America Great Again agenda, whether President Trump could still be prosecuted for alleged crimes after he leaves office and his relationship with tech bros like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
Plus, comedy writer Armando Iannucci and journalist Helen Lewis with their questions for the Today team.
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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson who are both presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Amol was the BBC’s media editor for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the BBC’s political editor for ten years before that and also previously worked as ITV’s political editor.
This episode was made by Lewis Vickers with Izzy Rowley and Grace Reeve. Digital production was by David Kaplowitz. The technical producers were Dafydd Evans in London, Darren Wardrobe in Jerusalem and Ian Mitchell in Washington. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, it's Amol in the Today Podcast studio in London. |
| 0:08.9 | And it's Nick in Jerusalem where I've been reporting on the ceasefire and the hostage |
| 0:12.8 | handover. |
| 0:14.6 | The ceasefire in Gaza, the hostage handover from there as well. |
| 0:18.3 | Yes, an extraordinary week on the world stage. |
| 0:21.3 | And in history, Nick, this is a truly international episode of the Today podcast because |
| 0:24.9 | we're also going to be joined by our colleague Justin Webb, who's just finished presenting |
| 0:28.8 | the Today program from Washington, D.C., where he's been covering Donald Trump's inauguration |
| 0:33.4 | as the 47th as well as the 45th, President of the United States. |
| 0:38.6 | Yes, prepare for the fact that Justin may be just a tad tired |
| 0:42.2 | because they think that people sometimes don't understand |
| 0:44.7 | is because of the time difference if you're presenting today from the US, |
| 0:49.8 | you end up broadcasting in the middle of the night and working all day |
| 0:53.5 | and sleep really is for sissies. |
| 0:55.3 | Nobody gets to do it. |
| 0:56.2 | But Justin's going to be answering your questions about what Trump said in his speech, |
| 1:00.3 | what he's done since being sworn in because it's fair to say he has hit the ground running. |
| 1:06.1 | Yes, in the manner of these things and gloriously we've had lots and lots of questions from many of you who |
| 1:11.5 | I know are listening now. Thank you so much. We will try to get through lots of the questions. |
| 1:15.0 | Do you know what? Should we get started? Yeah, let's do it. Well, hello and welcome. |
| 1:33.9 | Welcome back, in fact, this live recording of the Today podcast available to you on BBC Sounds, as you know, because that's where you're listening to it. |
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