TrumpWorld

In another bid to force Iran to succumb to his will, Donald Trump has launched Operation Economic Outcast against Iran - but is it America who is becoming the international pariah? 
Trump has already infuriated many of America’s traditional allies with his tariff policy, not least its biggest neighbour and trading partner Canada. 
Those not so quiet Canadians are making a habit out of standing up to the bully in the White House. Today they retaliated by matching Trump’s massive tariffs. 
So who will support America if they end up taking on China after Beijing promised to protect itself by ‘all means necessary’ if the White House enforces its  “economic onslaught” against those who trade with Iran? 
Last time Donald Trump picked a trade fight with Xi Jin Ping, China won. Is recent history about to repeat itself?
To discuss,  I’m joined by Soumaya Keynes who’s a Financial Times columnist and co-author of How to Win a Trade War. 
And Leslie Vinjamuri who’s President and CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Hasan Piker is one of the biggest political streamers in the world, and an increasingly influential voice on the American left as the Democrats try to figure out a way to take the fight to Donald Trump in the mid-term elections. But Piker is also one of the left’s most controversial voices - frequently criticised for his aggressive commentary and even banned from the UK with the government worried his presence ‘may not be conducive to the public good’. On this episode of TrumpWorld, Anushka Asthana and Matt Frei speak to Piker about the war in Gaza, how a “socialist Trump” could “change the trajectory” of “America’s decline” and whether he regrets any of his past inflammatory comments.

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are facing a major confrontation over Gaza after Israel rejected Trump’s 15-point peace plan, raising fresh questions over whether the US president can use his influence to force Netanyahu to accept a ceasefire.
Why is Netanyahu defying Trump? Can the Gaza peace process still be salvaged? And with anti-Israeli sentiment rising among young Americans on the right and left, is this a moment of crisis for Israel’s relationship with the US? 
On this episode of TrumpWorld, Matt Frei is joined by Israeli negotiator Gershon Baskin, who has spent decades mediating between Israeli officials and Hamas, and Jerusalem-based journalist Noga Tarnopolsky.

From late-night Truth Social posts and all-caps rants to rally speeches packed with humour, anger and spectacle, Donald Trump has built a style that has dominated the American, and perhaps world, political landscape for the past decade. 
But is he a one-off, or has he changed politics forever? And, with the rise of left wing populists like Zohran Mamdani, do the Democrats think they have found an answer to Trump’s dominance? 
On this episode of TrumpWorld, Matt Frei is joined by Daniel Kreiss, professor of political communication at the University of North Carolina as well as the Democratic strategist Ameshia Cross, who worked in President Obama’s communications team.

Is Donald Trump still the election asset he once was?
With the Midterm election campaign well underway, Republican candidates are grappling with an unpopular president who has left them with a rising cost of living, tariffs and the seemingly never ending war in Iran.
Meanwhile the Democrats are beset by internal divisions, questions over leadership, and growing concerns about whether they have the money and the message to capitalise on Trump's vulnerabilities.
On this week’s episode of Trumpworld, Matt Frei is joined by Democratic political strategist Simon Rosenberg and Sarah Chamberlain, strategist and president of Republican Main Street Partnership.
They discuss if Trump is becoming an election liability for the Republicans and: are the Democrats suffering from an identity crisis?