The Importance of Immunity for Donald Trump

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If Donald Trump gets back into the White House, he will have immunity. It is a way of keeping him out of jail, at least for the time that he is in office. Even if he was in prison, there's nothing constitutionally to stop somebody running for office. And it is actually strengthening his support among his Republican primary electorate.

The former American president is facing a new set of unprecedented legal challenges linked to his claims that he won the 2020 election. These charges are perhaps the most serious ones yet, but how will they affect his campaign? A closer look at China’s economic figures suggest that their post-pandemic recovery has been more modest than expected (09:49). And, sneaking pianos into Iran (17:59).

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