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Sep 2024
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Profile: Who is Donald Trump? (Part 1… T...

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Americast discovers how Donald Trump's business success came from creating a franchise out of his most valuable commodity: himself.

Americast is profiling all the major candidates in the U.S. election - Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz and JD Vance - look out for our special profile eps over the next few Sundays!

HOST: * Sarah Smith, North America Editor

GUESTS: * Marc Fisher, senior editor at the Washington Post and co-author of the biography ‘Trump Revealed’ * Bill Pruitt, former Apprentice producer

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This episode was made by Rufus Gray, George Dabby, Purvee Pattni, Catherine Fusillo, Claire Betzer, and Chris Flynn. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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