Turning to Trump
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2015
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The programme with the bigger picture. Why the controversial comments and adverse publicity surrounding Donald Trump are not harming the billionaire businessman's bid for the US presidency. Seismic shifts in Spanish politics - we get a view of the upcoming general election there from the Valley of the Fallen, where the country's late dictator Francisco Franco is buried. The talk in Malaysia's of scandal stalking the prime minister and of fears for the future of a country loved by many for its relaxed, inclusive and multicultural nature. The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu is one of the wonders of the world, so no wonder visitors have been trekking up there in huge numbers. Now the Peruvian government wants to make it easier for them to get there. But its plans have met spirited opposition. And from Germany we hear about the 12-people who're being paid to do everything lying down. That includes exercising -- and going to the loo
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for downloading the latest edition of BBC radios from our own correspondent, |
| 0:05.0 | the best in news and current affairs storytelling. |
| 0:08.0 | It's introduced by Kate Aide. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello. |
| 0:11.0 | Today, can he really become President of the United States? Many Americans, it seems, think |
| 0:17.4 | Donald Trump is the man who can keep them safe. The dictator General Franco is not forgotten as Spain prepares for a critical election. |
| 0:27.0 | We're high in the Peruvian Andes where there are 60 varieties of potatoes, a crazy dancing frog, and a row over a new airport. |
| 0:35.9 | And why 12 perfectly healthy volunteers in Germany are being paid just to stay in bed for |
| 0:41.8 | weeks on end. |
| 0:44.0 | Donald Trump now seems more likely than ever to become the Republicans |
| 0:48.0 | candidate for the US presidency. |
| 0:50.0 | The latest opinion poll shows him far ahead of his rivals and this despite much controversy |
| 0:56.5 | particularly over his suggestion that Muslims should be barred from entering the country. |
| 1:01.8 | His comments were widely condemned. They were contrary |
| 1:05.1 | to American values according to the White House. The Democrats' frontrunner |
| 1:09.1 | Hillary Clinton said I no longer think he's funny. His Republican rival Jeb Bush described him as unhinged. |
| 1:17.0 | The Republican candidates will have a chance to make more comments when they gather for another television debate on Tuesday. |
| 1:24.0 | Ahead of that, Robert Hodeon's been considering just what chance the billionaire businessman |
| 1:29.1 | has of getting to the White House. |
| 1:32.0 | When I started this story a few weeks ago, |
| 1:34.0 | I was going to declare, with the ringing |
| 1:36.0 | certainty of someone who's covered American politics |
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