Donald Trump and me
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In one of America’s reddest states, Idaho, local Republicans reflect on Donald Trump’s rise to the White House. What were their hopes for the most unconventional president in living history, what was gained over the past four years – and what has now been lost? Presenter Heath Druzin is a reporter with Boise State Public Radio who covers conservative politics, guns and far right movements in the American West. How are the 74 million people who voted for Donald Trump now coming to terms with the fact that the person who championed their vision of America has now been dethroned?
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Donald Trump and me on the BBC World Service. I'm Heath Drusen. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm a journalist at Boise State Public Radio in the Western State of Idaho. |
| 0:11.0 | This rural state is one of the reddest in America. It hasn't |
| 0:15.3 | gone for a Democratic presidential candidate in over half a century. And in the |
| 0:19.9 | last election, Donald Trump won it by more than 30%. |
| 0:23.9 | To say this is Trump country might be an understatement. |
| 0:28.0 | This past election, President Trump got the most votes of any Republican candidate in history, but it wasn't enough to win. |
| 0:35.0 | For this documentary, I've been traveling around my home state to ask Republicans and some of the 74 million people who voted for Donald Trump, what they think was gained during |
| 0:44.4 | his presidency, and what's the Republican outlook for the country now that he's gone? |
| 0:52.2 | The first stop on my road trip across Idaho is the town of Blackfoot in eastern Idaho. |
| 0:57.0 | Well, I should say outside of Blackfoot, since there's no sign of a town here. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm at Jennifer Ellis's Ranch about a month |
| 1:05.1 | after the election on a frozen socked-in winter day. Hi there, |
| 1:10.3 | are you Jennifer? Very nice to meet you. I made it. On a clear day you can see the |
| 1:17.1 | shark's tooth peaks of the Grand Teton's, but today only rolling snow fleck |
| 1:21.6 | pasture is visible. |
| 1:23.0 | Jennifer's been ranching cattle here for over 30 years |
| 1:26.0 | and it's something her family has been doing in Idaho for generations. |
| 1:30.0 | On this sub-freezing morning, she's out feeding the herd. |
| 1:34.0 | Our water trows have to be chopped out this morning |
| 1:36.0 | because the ice is built up. |
| 1:38.0 | Let's chop some lace. I was afraid you'd say that. |
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