The whole world has just witnessed President Trump getting re-elected, but what is the long story behind what happened.
In this chat, our last for 2024, we talk to Nick Bryant, US foreign correspondent and author of several books that have sought to understand what is going on with politics in the US!
In this conversation Nick shares a little about why he because a journalist focused on the US, then with his eye to history, combined with his intrepid experience as a reporter in the US since the Clinton Administration, he helps explain some of the perpetual challenges that shape America, in particular the darker side to America’s Disneyland,- that help explain how President Trump has been able to be successful.
For more on Nick's Books - including The Forever War (2024) and When America Stopped Being Great (2020):
https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/nick-bryant
Radio: Saturday Extra
You can find links to the weekly radio program that Nick now hosts on ABC Radio National in Australia:
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/saturdayextra/saturday-extra/103551454
ChangeMakers 2024 is supported by the Civic Power Fund and work with the UCL Policy Lab. This year they are supporting ChangeMakers to bring together a collection of Chats filled with extraordinary ideas and everyday experience to understand how we can change the world, www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/ucl-policy-lab and www.civicpower.org.uk/.
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