President Trump's End of Year Report
The Briefing Room
BBC
4.8 • 731 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2017
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Has President Trump delivered on the promises he made on the campaign trail?
This programme cuts through the White House soap opera which has dominated headlines and asks what has the President actually achieved?
David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts look back at some of the pre-election pledges made on a broad range of issues such as tax cuts, the economy, immigration, foreign policy and justice to reveal where the president has made progress - and where and why his plans have stalled.
CONTRIBUTORS
Donald Marron, director of economic policy initiatives at the Urban Institute in Washington DC
Joseph Gagnon, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
Leslie Vinjamuri, associate fellow with the US and the Americas Programme at Chatham House
Marie Price, professor of geography and international affairs at George Washington University and President of the American Geographical Society
Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (retired).
Transcript
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