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Jan 2021
26m 38s

Donald Trump: The political record

Bbc World Service
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What is Donald Trump’s political and policy legacy? Nada Tawfik explores how four years of the Trump presidency has challenged US policy conventions and re-written the narrative of American political discourse.

The audio for this podcast was updated on 8 January 2021.

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