About this episode

Simon discusses the latest events in the US, including Trump's actions regarding Iran and Jill Biden's new memoir.

Simon's weekly chronicle of events from a deeply unserious United States. Listen live every week on Tom Swarbrick's Friday drivetime programme on LBC at 5:50pm or find it here on demand afterwards. This week: - Trump's mad move in the Middle East; - the scrapping of US humanitarian aid fuels the spread of Ebola; - Jill Biden spins a yarn in her new memoir.

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