donald trump says his guilty verdicts are a travesty . are his fellow republicans preparing to rip up the us legal system to protect him? here, sir keir starmer paves the way for diane abbott to be a labour candidate at the election. why the climb down? thank you very much. applause hello. welcome to newsnight, with you each week night with interviews and insight. our friday night political panel is here. sonia sodha chief leader writer for the observer, and tom harwood deputy political editor presenter at gb news. let s start by talking about donald trump. convicted felon donald trump. he is angry. a day after his guilty verdicts in that hush money trial, he gave a ao minute press conference at trump tower and said americans were living in a fascist state . he called thejudge in his case the devil , attacked joe biden and claimed without any evidence his trial had been rigged . this is, uh, a case where if they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone. these
Indepth examinations of global issues, featuring interviews and roundtable discussions. Enemies. Now after meeting with jeanclaude, he says the eu and u. S. Obviously love one another. Seemingly bizarre sbun predictable behavior is part of a canny and wise strategy, that hes playing a fourdimensional chess, operating in space time. If so, hes getting badly beaten here on earth. In none of these situations has he actually been able to extract real concessions and there is a cost to this bluster and flip flopping. Trump is creating a reputation for the United States as erratic, unpredictable, unreliable and fundamentally hostile to the global order. Leader after leader in europe has made this clear. George osbourne told me when he was britains finance minister, you knew the United States president had your back. The most tangible data
suggesting that the United States is losing its good reputation comes from The Economist adam poser. He argues that countries are bypassing the United Stat
The most tangible data suggesting that the United States is losing its good reputation comes from The Economist adam poser. He argues that countries are bypassing the United States and constructing a postamerican world economy. You can see this in the flurry of Trade Agreements that dont include the u. S. , from the transpacific partnership, which was signed minus america to the trade deal the European Union just signed with japan and many others that are in the works. The most dramatic indication of the world side stepping the u. S. , he says, is the decline in Foreign Investment in america. It has fallen off a cliff, he told me. Net Foreign Investment into the u. S. Has dropped by half since 2016. Perhaps some of the decline is part of a longer term trend. Other countries are growing faster than the u. S. But for decades, that reality has been countered by another reality. That among the worlds rich nations, america was unique in having strong Growth Prospects coupled with stable,
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Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Thats right, katy. You know, the president tweeted sunday in response to our article that he is not worried about don jr. , but people who have been talking to him on the phone say in fact he is worried about his son. He is worried about a lot of aspects related to this russia probe, which is getting closer and closer to him, to his family, to his associates, to his orbit. Its uncomfortable at the moment. There is some concern that he has that his son may be found to have violated the law somehow, you know. One person speculated maybe his son could have perjured himself in interviews at some point. I mean, the president just doesnt know at this point what could be in store for his son. It is a source of concern and its one of many things thats fueling what were seeing, which is a real public lashing by the president of mueller again and again and again, tweeting more than he has before about the wit
a way. they did it before the break, which i thought was interesting. perhaps that means that they re less likely to start another feud though. going back to their districts, maybe a little less in-fighting. on twitter, anything can happen. you had ocasio-cortez s chief of staff insulting nancy pelosi on twitter. but i m sure nancy pelosi made a very good argument as to why democrats need to stand together and perhaps she mentioned the 31 democrats that won in the mid-terms in 2018 in districts that president trump won in 2016. perhaps explaineded to aoc why those members matter just as much, if not more. neil: it s always about getting along. and you know, republicans have these kind of issues often themselves. kimberly, i m thinking about the debt ceiling measure. you have a good many of them bolting saying we can t sign on to this because it s not in our