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Not so great—the Donald Trump audit

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week: our editors and guests Sean Spicer, John Bolton and Lilliana Mason give their verdicts on what a second term for Donald Trump would look like

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PRESIDENT DONALD Trump’s effect on domestic policy in his first term has been modest and mostly reversible. The real impact of his blow-it-up style has been felt in the corrosion of an already poisonous political culture. How has his brand of anti-politics changed America?

Trump supporters at one of his last rallies before election day and his former press secretary Sean Spicer tell us why he deserves re-election. Lilliana Mason of the University of Maryland explains how partisanship has become radicalised.

John Prideaux, The Economist’s US editor, hosts with New York bureau chief Charlotte Howard, and Jon Fasman, Washington correspondent. Runtime: 46 min

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