Trump's Bewildering Week
Politics Unpacked
Anna Covell
4.1 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump says he's bringing peace to the world - in Gaza, Ukraine and Greenland. After sending Europe into a tailspin, what's really changed?
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Fraser Nelson and Alice Thomson.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, I'm Hugo Rifkin, and now we're going to be unpacking the politics of the day, |
| 0:08.9 | including Donald Trump's diplomacy in Davos, how Kemi Bednoch is rallying her troops, |
| 0:13.7 | and whether Boris Johnson should really be allowed anywhere near a lecton. |
| 0:17.1 | And joining me are two people I'd actually pay to listen to, and they are Fraser Nelson. |
| 0:20.5 | Hello, Fraser. Morning. How are you doing? Very well pay to listen to and they are Fraser Nelson. Hello Fraser. |
| 0:21.2 | Morning. |
| 0:21.7 | How are you doing? |
| 0:22.4 | Very well. |
| 0:23.1 | And also cheating on Robert Crampton. |
| 0:25.0 | It's Alice Thompson. I know, I just saw him in the lift. He's not happy. I bet he's not. Was it awkward? It was quite awkward. Did you have to lie about where you were going? I had to say I was with Fraser. Yeah, wow, he's not going to like that |
| 0:34.6 | He's not going to like that |
| 0:35.6 | Fraser, can I read out the message I've just had? |
| 0:37.5 | Please. |
| 0:38.0 | It says, it's from Gerry |
| 0:39.1 | And it says, |
| 0:39.9 | I used to sit next to Fraser Nelson |
| 0:41.0 | at the news of the world Wow, he's not going to like that. He's not going to like that. Fraser, can I read out the message I've just had? |
| 0:37.7 | Please. |
| 0:39.6 | It says, it's from Jerry and it says, |
| 0:41.6 | I used to sit next to Fraser Nelson at the News of the World, |
| 0:51.4 | and the number of women sighing over him was sickening. Well, they never sighed audibly, can I just say. All I heard was the size of the editor. By you, working for the news of the world was one of the greatest experiences of my |
| 0:53.5 | journalistic life. |
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