Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

France's President Emmanuel Macron has booted out Edward Philippe, the prime minister whose

poll numbers were rising just as Mr. Macron's fell.

The most notable thing about the new head of government is that no one seems to know who

he is.

And Chetek is a blue-haired rapper who rages against sexism and inequality in her native Morocco.

Rap music is gaining ground across North Africa and the Middle East,

enraging some rulers and making others consider outright bands on the genre.

First up, though.

Four months out from America's presidential election, incumbent Donald Trump is in a tight spot.

His polling has plummeted as the country contends with the world's worst outbreak of COVID-19.

And despite the fact that we, I, have done a phenomenal job with it, I saved hundreds of thousands of lives.

We don't ever get even a mention.

Black class matter! Black lives matter! Black lives matter! We don't ever get even a mention. When the country was gripped by national protests, a reckoning on racial justice, his was not a

unifying or a calming message.

It's not the behavior of a peaceful political movement.

It's the behavior of totalitarians and tyrants and

people that don't love our country. They don't love our country. His challenger, former

vice president Joe Biden, began his campaign with talk of restoration, bringing back America's

soul, a return to civility even.

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