TrumpWorld

Will the US Midterms be free and fair?
Voters will head to the polls on November 3rd, in elections which look set to be difficult for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
But is Trump preparing to cast doubt on the vote before we even know the results?
In this episode of TrumpWorld, former Federal Election Commission (FEC) Chair, Ellen Weintraub joins Anushka Asthana to discuss the unprecedented breakdown of America's chief campaign finance watchdog following her controversial removal by Donald Trump.
They also discuss the enormous amounts of money funding election campaigns from donors such as Elon Musk, the possibility of voter intimidation by ICE agents, as well as advice on what you should do if someone tries to stop you from voting.

In his new book Michael Lewis, bestselling author of The Big Short and Moneyball, reveals the inside story of Elon Musk’s DOGE and Donald Trump’s assault on the US government.
In Blockers, Lewis tells the stories of the civil servants who tried to stop Musk’s cost-cutting crusade and paid the price.
What happens when the people protecting the government become the enemy? What is actually left of America’s administrative state? And what comes next?

With weeks to go until the 2026 US midterm elections, both the House and the Senate hang in the balance. As Donald Trump barnstorms the country from Texas to Alaska, the polls increasingly seem to be in favour of the Democrats.
In this episode of TrumpWorld, Anushka Asthana sits down with political data analyst Lakshya Jain, co-founder of forecasting platform Split Ticket. Jain’s latest modeling gives Democrats an 89% chance of retaking the House and a 65% probability of capturing the Senate. But could the forecasting be underestimating the Republican vote?

Former CIA analyst turned bestselling author David McCloskey joins Anushka Asthana, where they explore the widening cracks in transatlantic intelligence sharing. Drawing on six years at Langley drafting the President’s Daily Brief across the Middle East, McCloskey’s new spy thriller, ‘London Station’, imagines the CIA and MI6 turning their covert apparatuses against one another.
Following the withdrawal of US bombers from RAF Fairford and security tensions over Iran, they discuss whether the "Special Relationship" can survive a second Trump administration. From Five Eyes burden-sharing complaints to Donald Trump’s war in Iran, can intelligence partnerships withstand growing political distrust between the UK and the US?

On this episode of TrumpWorld, Matt Frei speaks to Naomi Klein about her new book, End Times Fascism, and her argument that Donald Trump, Big Tech and the religious right are converging around a shared vision of the future.
They discuss Trump’s embrace of AI, the tech industry’s warnings about its dangers, the growing influence of apocalyptic thinking among some of his allies, and whether the backlash against AI and data centres could become a political problem for Trump ahead of the midterms.