142 days, that’s all it’s taken. 142 days of Trump to help destabilise a country’s infrastructure, undo tenets of the constitution, buckle the economy and fall out spectacularly with a tech-bro big dog and then have a bitch fight about it all on social media.

Director Alex Garland’s Civil War movie seemed like a cinematic fever dream when it was released in the spring of 2024, it now looks more like a portent of doom, or a guide map to the future of the land of the not so free.

Troops in downtown LA, a turf war between the President and California’s Governor while Trump rubs his band with glee at the prospect of his 79th birthday gift to himself; a military parade through the streets of Washington concluding with parachutists from the army’s Golden Knights presenting Trump with a folded flag. 

On our latest episode, we’ll speak to Shashank Joshi, Defence Editor at The Economist, and Jamie Kirchick, NYT op-ed writer and author to try and untangle this latest plot twist on the reality TV show that is the USA.

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Presenter:  David Patrikarakos

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Bella Soames 

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