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Americano Live: Donald Trump’s first 100 days

Freddy Gray and Lionel Shriver discuss Trump's first three months (Credit: Spectator)

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 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

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.

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