Decoding America: How Trump is powering the global right
About this episode
The episode discusses Trump's influence on global right-wing movements, particularly in Germany, and touches on White House staff polygraph tests and George Clooney's criticism of the US administration.
In this episode of Guardian Australia’s weekly US politics podcast, co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy look across the water to Germany, where the rightwing political party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has had a landslide state election win. As some commentators draw parallels to the Maga movement, they examine how Donald Trump is influencing global leaders and movements. Also in this episode: why are White House staffers being subjected to polygraph tests? And George Clooney criticises the US administration in Venice
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