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🗓️ 7 November 2017
⏱️ 39 minutes
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With nothing of interest happening in Westminster at the moment - Matt Chorley casts a critical eye over the first year of the Trump presidency.
Joining him on the panel: Times columnist Jenni Russell, who argues Trump is not interested in helping anyone but himself, Sir Christopher Meyer, former British ambassador to the US, who says we should finally now stop talking about the special relationship, and impressionist Rory Bremner on whether it is possible to satirise the most extraordinary character to inhabit the Oval Office.
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| 0:47.6 | Hello and welcome to the Red Box Politics Podcast and The Times, I'm Matt Chorley. |
| 0:52.0 | There is nothing of interest happening in Westminster at the moment apart from the sex |
| 0:56.8 | and the resignations and the secret meetings and Boris being Boris. |
| 1:01.8 | So for getting all that, we're going to look across the Atlantic. |
| 1:04.7 | It is exactly a year since conventional politics was proved wrong all over again, this time by |
| 1:09.4 | voters in America. Joining me to cast a critical eye over what's happened in the year since we woke up to |
| 1:15.6 | President Trump. Our Times columnist Jenny Russell who argues Trump is not interested in helping |
| 1:20.0 | anyone but himself. Sir Christopher Mayer, former British Ambassador to the US from 1970 2003, he says we should |
| 1:26.8 | finally now stop talking about the special relationship, an impressionist Rory Bremner on |
| 1:31.4 | whether it's possible to satirize the most extraordinary character |
| 1:34.6 | to inhabit the Oval Office. Before we begin, a quick thank you to everyone who's posted reviews on iTunes |
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