Trouble in Trump Land?

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

A judge has dismissed cases against both former FBI chief James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on the grounds that Donald Trump illegally appointed prosecutor Lindsey Halligan. This is yet another setback for the resident, who, in the face of the Epstein files and criticism from longtime political ally Marjorie Taylor Greene, is currently polling at an all-time low. CNN's Stephen Collinson joins the program to discuss how all this might impact the administration. Also on today's show: Dr. Atul Gawande, former Head of Global Health, USAID & Tom Jennings, Co-director, "Rovina's Choice"; author Susan Choi ("Flashlight"); David Herzberg, Professor of History, University at Buffalo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur.
0:06.0	Here's what's coming up.
0:08.0	The economy is just some incredible numbers came in.
0:12.0	But the people feel differently.
0:14.0	Trump's approval rating at a record low.
0:17.0	Analysis on a bad month for the president.
0:20.0	Plus, management of malnutrition is a system so fragile
0:24.6	that one budget cut would make everything just fall apart.
0:30.6	Hundreds of thousands of lives that could have been saved by USAID.
0:35.6	The harrowing impact of Trump's cuts laid bare
0:39.2	in a new documentary.
0:40.9	Its director joins me alongside public health leader
0:44.0	Atul Gawande about what they found on the ground in Kenya.
0:48.7	Then, Flashlight, a family rocked by tragedy
0:52.2	and a sinister time in Japanese-Korean relations.
0:56.0	Author Susan Choi joins me to discuss her Booker-nominated novel.
1:01.0	And...
1:02.0	There have always been drugs in America.
1:04.0	As the administration targets drug cartels in Latin America, can they actually solve America's drug crisis?
1:13.6	Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Biona Goldrigan, New York, sitting in for Christian Amun-Poor.
1:32.6	Tough headlines for the president recently. A judge tossing out the cases against ex-FBI boss James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James yesterday, ruling that the prosecutor who brought the charges was unlawfully appointed.
1:47.2	Lindsay Halligan had been picked by the president to go after his political adversaries.
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