us, i think it is very easy, if you are not an ardent trumpite to think this is a really dangerous road he is taking america down. on the people who voted for him. those people who voted for him. those people in business, who are like him, will also see this week, although he has fewer headlines in the united kingdom, that he is planning perhaps to roll back on regulation, on basically on the quote red tape that is tying up wall street: how do you reconcile that with the little guy, who he claims to speak for, when he with the little guy, who he claims to speakfor, when he is going to give more power to the titans of wall street. the job, i mean something like that. we shall see. listen, i think that the real take away of these first 15 days is, in my eyes, this is a real test of the resilience of the american democracy. and perhaps, certainly in oui’ democracy. and perhaps, certainly in our lifetimes, it is the biggest test. can the separation of powers, can the checks and
if you re a trump lover, go for it, donald. i think what we ve really seen in the first 15 days of the trump administration is what you see is what you got. there are no better angels here, the trump we saw in the campaign, a businessman, who was a tv celebrity, is the trump in the white house. he is impulsive, he is a bully and he will have his own way, until he pushes it too far. it is just not clear where this takes us. i think it is very easy, if you are not an ardent trumpite, to think this is a really dangerous road he is taking america down. on the people who voted for him. those people in business who are like him will also see this week, although it has fewer headlines in the united kingdom, that he is planning perhaps to roll back on regulation, on basically the quote red tape that is tying up wall street. how do you reconcile that with the little guy, who he claims to speak for, when he is going to give more power to the titans of wall street? thejob, i mean, somet
to dateline london. donald trump and the hugely controversial travel ban. should the president be welcomed in britain? and parliament votes to begin the process of leaving the european union but what kind of europe will be in existence in some two or three years‘ time? my guests today are jeffrey kofman, who is a north american journalist, mina al oraibi, who is a commentator on arab affairs, maria margaronis of the nation, and michael gove, who is a times columnist and conservative mp. if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it s a duck. so donald trump s ban and it is a ban, although apparently temporary clearly targets people from some mostly muslim countries. the result demonstrations around the world and political convulsions in the united states. is this a political masterstroke however, saying to trump supporters, you wanted something done about islamic terrorism, well, here is something? or is it as domestic and international cr
about the budget in ask this. in other news, suffolk police say they re confident they will find the body of a missing raf airman at a landfill site. he has been missing since last september. the mother of corrie mckeague says it s only a matter of time before her son is found. and the documents released by wikileaks that appear to reveal the cia s attempts to use household gadgets to eavesdrop on people s conversations. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor has delivered his last spring budget and announced a few surprises, if no eye catching giveaways. the overall economic picture is little changed, giving him limited room to manoeuvre. but philip hammond told a packed house of commons he had managed to find an extra £2 billion for social care in england, to be spent over the next three years. more controversial pledge was his decision to increase national insurance contributions for almost 2.5 million people despite a conservative manifesto promise that n
have ultimately been a decision that two men came to at the same time. whether or not there was some thought, and if there was not consider about making the administration s life and the president s life more difficult, he might have been left it. kelly was said to have delivered the news. it is unclear and unknown, it s a wild card. he goes outside independently. steve bannon is now a household name. there is people that will be
upset that he left this white house. i talked to a bannon ally earlier this week. they said we had a sense this is coming and we look at this white house now and we see new york democrats and generals. that is not what we worked for in 2016. steve bannon is the leader of a coalition and it remains to be seen. let me bring in jennifer reuben. the author of the post, so your paper is quoting friends of steve bannon s assayi saying lo he can help the president s agenda from the outside, that things were not working on the inside. gabe sherman reports somet