I spoke with Monocle 24’s The Briefing and Austria’s Radio FM4 on Friday amid the latest developments in the Trump-Russia inquiry: the Special Counsel’s confirmation of the investigation of Donald Trump; the examination of the business affairs of son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner; and the retention of an outside lawyer by Vice President Mike Pence.
If Donald Trump is in a poker game, and he has two choices — fold a bad hand or double the bet — he does the latter.
And this is a bad hand.
The conversation with Radio FM4’s Riem Higazi also considers the Trump announcement rolling back Barack Obama’s engagement with Cuba: what’s the political game — Trump’s wish to remove all Obama initiatives in foreign and domestic policy, playing up to Republican legislators, or jump trying to sweep away the Russia headlines?
Listen to Radio FM4 discussion at 13:29
Listen to Monocle 24 discussion from 7:42:
