Hello, this is Everything Else, the FT Culture Podcast. I'm Al. And I'm Gris. This week, to coincide with the US president's visit, we're going to be discussing satire in the age of Trump.

We'll be asking Simon Sharma, whether this is a good moment for political comedy,

how satirists have been forced to adapt to the Trump world, and whether satire can really change

anything.

So hi Al, morning. How are you?

I'm bearing up in this spirit-crushing week.

You know, we have a government in meltdown.

Two bloated has-beens have resigned in a huff.

Football, inexplicably decided not to come home after all, and I can't understand why.

And, of course, we have the arrival of President Trump.

Just to top it all off.

Just to cheer us all up.

And with it, a giant, inflatable baby blimp Trump floating gloriously across the mother of all parliaments.

Which I think is going to be quite a happy or rather funny sight.

I think good on Sadiq Khan for allowing this.

Yeah, I think good on Sadiq Khan.

I'm not certain that it's the most subtle and pointed satire of all time.

No, I mean, I think an inflatable baby is always going to be a blunt instrument to mix metaphors.

Yes, I think it is a blunt instrument, but blunt instruments are part of satire.

Yeah, and that's something we're going to be talking about later with Simon Sharma.

Historian FT contributor.

And most importantly, long-time friend of this podcast.

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