The Trumped Republicans
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BBC
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Republican insider Ron Christie discovers how Donald Trump's presidency is changing his party. Trump arrived in the White House offering a populist revolt in America, promising to drain what he calls "the swamp that is Washington D.C". So what does his own Republican Party - traditionally a bastion of the nation’s establishment - really make of him? Where is he taking them and what will he leave behind? Christie, a long-time Republican who has served in the West Wing under George W Bush, takes us on a journey behind the scenes to meet Trump’s inner circle - including figures like Mercedes Schlapp, White House director of strategic communications, and to influential conservative broadcaster Sean Hannity. He talks to the supporters and the sceptics alike who watch in amazement as one of the most controversial presidents of all time takes his country and his party by storm.
Producer: Kirsty Mackenzie
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| 0:53.0 | As we approach the midway point of his presidential term |
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| 1:00.0 | there's another question emerging. |
| 1:02.0 | What's he done to his own political party? |
| 1:05.0 | Ron Christie, a Republican insider and former advisor to George W Bush, |
| 1:10.0 | assesses the impact of the Great disruptor in the Trump Republicans. |
| 1:17.0 | So I'm back, I'm back on Capitol Hill. This is the place where I spent eight years of my political career, |
| 1:25.4 | learning the ins and outs of politics and what goes on in these buildings and what goes on in the |
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| 1:39.4 | I'm Ron Christie. |
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