better than everything. retail politics, going to change peoples hands, is they tell you what their issue is and you respond to them with a policy that you look for to solving. now, donald trump connected with all of those people because he said your grievance in the world, you feel like you re forgotten, i m going to solve that for you. and for four, years he only think that he solved was a massive tax cut for corporate america. so the issue to do retail politics is offering any policy solutions. what s the solution? we ll get hunter, impeach joe biden. shut down the government, about the stock market tanks in the next six months. maybe to wax a little bit poetic about donald trump, something i m not prone to doing, he does strike an emotional chord but 70 people. he is really strongman rule, i will get rid of this media that annoys, you i ll get rid of your enemies. i will get rid of anything in politics, and i ll rule as a strongman. it s a comforting idea. well, anger is
jonathan charles is back with us geopolitical insight advisor, specialising in russia and the countries around it and a former bbc correspondent in moscow and ukraine markets in moscow and ukraine quick to react and no surprise markets quick to react and no surprise that the rouble has sunk. it surprise that the rouble has sunk. . , , ., ., sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks - sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks and - well for several weeks and months and it was inevitable with uncertainty and that is what we have with russia now, it has exacerbated a trend and we have seen that fall in the rouble. untilwe we have seen that fall in the rouble. until we know what is going to happen, can vladimir putin reassert that sense of strongman rule which at least is certainty, it may not be very nice, but at least it is certainty, then there will be questions about the economy, about the rouble and i g
it has exacerbated a trend and we have seen that fall in the rouble. i think, until we know what is going to happen, can vladimir putin reassert that sense of strongman rule, which, at least it s a certainty, it may not be very nice, but at least it s certainty. then, there are going to be questions about the economy, about the rouble, and i guess, a flight to safe haven because this is a nuclear state. hardly surprising you see money going into the dollar at times of uncertainty. jonathan charles there. in other news. staff of price waterhouse coopers in australia, who acted improperly, will face severe consequences, says the company s acting chief executive in the country. pwc australia fell into hot water recently when a former partner advising federal government on corporate tax law shared confidential information with former colleagues at the firm. they used the information to pitch work to multinational companies. the world s second largest cinema chain cineworld has said it
Jarett Wold writes, "We see strongmen on every corner in American politics now, predicting the downfall of society if those with different views from us are allowed to coexist with us."
to privacy, the right to vote. our very democracy. republicans have already introduced legislation that will ban abortion. with no exceptions. to rape or incest or the life of the mother in many places. look at the facts. you do not need to imagine anything this time around. look at what they are saying. they are saying it out loud for everybody to hear. some of president biden s closing message with just 15 days to go until the midterms. and with republicans hinting they might cut funding for ukraine if they win congress, washington post kong love nest map to says this. most of the same maga candidates who support donald trump strongman rule at home are either indifferent or hostile to the fate of democracy abroad. we have a lot to cover. back with us tonight, retired marine corps lieutenant colonel amy mcgrath. also ran for senate in kentucky against leader mitch mcconnell. stuart stevens is here. a veteran of the mitt romney and george w. bush campaigns. he is now with the lincoln