345. TRIP US: The Golden Age of Corruption

The Rest Is Politics
29 November 2024
Posted by Alastair Campbell
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Is the United States entering a new age of corruption? Why are Democrats staying silent? What will be different about a second Trump term?

This week, Anthony Scaramucci is joined by Alastair Campbell to answer all this and more in this episode of The Rest Is Politics US.

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