King Charles addresses US lawmakers + Trump’s ‘designated survivor’

About this episode

The episode discusses King Charles' address to US Congress and explores the implications of assassination attempts on Donald Trump and the US presidential succession plan.

Wednesday Headlines:  King Charles addresses US Congress Tech giants slam PM’s news laws World’s most powerful oil cartel dealt major blow New poll shows a majority of Aussies approve of Pauline Hanson’s leadership Victorian teachers to be offered major pay deal Olivia Rodrigo shows up unannounced to New York open mic night Deep Dive: Donald Trump has once again been the target of an assassination attempt, with Cole Tomas Allen charged with attempting to kill the US President.  It’s the third time in less than two years that a plot against Trump has been either attempted or foiled, and you might be wondering – what would happen if an assassin succeeded?  In today’s episode of The Briefing, Chris Spyrou investigates what succession plan is in place if the US President is killed in office and how such an event could reshape US politics and the world.     Guest: Garrett M. Graff, journalist, historian and author of Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself While the Rest of Us Die  Follow The Briefing:  TikTok: @thebriefingpod Instagram…

People in this episode

Guest: Garrett M. Graff

Topics covered

• US politics
• assassination attempts
• succession plans
• King Charles
• public opinion
• media laws

Keywords

• King Charles
• Donald Trump
• assassination
• succession plan
• US Congress
• public opinion
• media laws

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US Congress, PM, Victorian teachers, Raven Rock

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