Difference between right and Ron: DeSantis miscalculates
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🗓️ 4 May 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Florida’s governor has made a headline-grabbing rightward lurch as part of a presumed bid for the White House. But both Mr DeSantis’s critics and his donors are starting to think he has overplayed his hand. Our correspondent finds that jihadist violence has, as was long feared, come to Burkina Faso. And rural America’s love affair with Japan’s tiny Kei trucks.
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| 1:08.2 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:11.5 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:12.7 | And I'm Oire Ogunbe. |
| 1:14.7 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:22.3 | The Sahel, just south of the Sahara Desert, has long been threatened by jihadist insurgencies. |
| 1:28.3 | As seemed inevitable, the terror has now come to Burkina Faso, costing 3,000 lives already this year. |
| 1:36.3 | Our correspondent pays a visit. |
| 1:38.3 | And K-cars are taking rural America by storm. |
| 1:43.3 | They're pretty cheap and weigh a fifth of a typical Ford pickup truck. |
| 1:47.7 | But with their increasing popularity comes new competition for American carmakers |
| 1:53.5 | and some legitimate questions about their safety. |
| 1:59.8 | But first... Florida's governor Ron DeSantis is the most talked-about opponent to Donald Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. |
| 2:17.2 | He hasn't officially launched his campaign for the White House, but he has raised over $100 million |
| 2:22.5 | to help support a bid. |
| 2:25.0 | Along the way, Mr. DeSantis has also picked some headline-grabbing fights, not least with |
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