Pod Save the UK Trump’s explosive start to 2026 - will Starmer find a backbone?
The US President put the season of goodwill behind him with a New Year Venezuelan coup and the threat of further action across Central America and the Caribbean. Then there’s the little matter of his promise to seize control of Greenland.
Nish and Coco try to make sense of the senseless - and to assess the possibility that Donald Trump could end up destroying NATO - with Tommy Vietor from our sister podcasts Pod Save America and Pod Save the World.
Plus, comedian Cody Dahler gives us his take on how 2026 will shape up for politicians and satirists. How easy is it to make jokes while the world - literally and metaphorically - is on fire?
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GUESTS
Cody Dahler, Comedian and Presenter of The Truth (In My Opinion)
Tommy Vietor, Co-Host of Pod Save America and Pod Save the World
Nida Jafri
USEFUL LINKS
Palestine Action Hunger Strikers:
https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/contact-an-mp-or-lord/contact-your-mp/
Petition calling for action from the Justice Secretary
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/call-on-mp-and-secretary-of-justice-david-lammy-to-intervene-and-protect-the-hunger-strikers/
CREDITS
Parliament TV
Cody Dahler/TikTok
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg/BBC One
Tonight with Andrew Marr/LBC
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