552. Trump's Red Card Saga and Germany's Far-Right Machine
7/8/20261 hr 1 min
What does Trump's shocking red card intervention reveal about how he wields power? Why doesn't his corruption seem to hurt him politically, despite adding $2.2 billion to his wealth in a single year in office, while so many Americans struggle to get by? Is Germany's firewall against the far right about to fall – and is the billionaire owner of the Telegraph pushing it over?
Join Alastair and Mehdi Hasan as they answer all these questions and more.
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First 90 secondsAlastair Campbell· Host0:01
We are seeing two very different Americas right now as the USA celebrates its 250th birthday. Which is the real America, and which will endure? Will it be Trump's America, a country being reshaped in his own image in pursuit of naked self-enrichment, where a man who has blatantly never actually watched a real football match in his life can abuse his presidential power to try and succeed in getting a red card suspended? Or will it be the country that the American people are showing off to fans flocking to the US from all around the world? They're welcoming, friendly, loving the internationalism, and getting behind their national team. So which America will endure? To answer that question with Rory on his silent retreat this week, I am delighted to be joined by the never silent Anglo-American Mehdi Hasan.
Rory Stewart· Host0:53
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