I spent Friday morning with a special World Update from the BBC World Service, joining presenter Dan Damon to anticipate both Inauguration Day and what lies ahead with the Trump Presidency.
Our conversation between items — from the views of three generations of women about the day and their political responses to a fiery exchange between Middle East correspondent Joyce Karam and a reporter for Kremlin outlet Sputnik News — ranges from personal reflections on America to evaluation of Trump’s likely domestic and foreign policy to Russian influence operations in the 2016 election.