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Spectator
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Spectator
Americano Live: Donald Trump's first 100 days
What is Donald Trump up to now? From trade wars and stock market yo-yos to shouting matches in the White House, it can be hard to keep track. The US president's first 100 days have been predictably riotous. To make sense of it all, The Spectator's deputy editor Freddy Gray and Spectator columnist and bestselling author Lionel Shriver hosted a special edition of Americano Live this week in front of hundreds of Spectator readers and subscribers at Westminster's Emmanuel Centre. What was the most absurd moment of Trump's second term in the White House so far? Both Shriver and Gray think 'Signalgate' – when a journalist was mistakenly added to a group chat with high-ranking US administration officials – is hard to top. 'Can you imagine including in your private chat one of the most antagonistic journalists in the country to your project and your leader?' Shriver asked the audience, 'I just thought that was astonishing.
Spectator
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Spectator
Americano Live: Trump's first 100 days
Live stream starts in: 1d 5h 9m Join Freddy Gray, deputy editor and host of the Americano podcast, and special guest Lionel Shriver for our second instalment of Americano Live. It can be hard to keep up with Donald Trump's 'breakneck' approach to his second term in the White House. What to make of all the headline-making, eyebrow-raising executive orders? Will his tariffs derail the US economy or usher in the 'golden age' he has promised? Is he going to achieve 'peace through strength' – or mire the US in yet another endless conflict in the Middle East? Is Elon Musk moving fast to save the US taxpayer trillions – or breaking the federal government for his own benefit? Watch at home: Live stream starts at 7.30pm on Wednesday 30 April on
