Confessions From Trump's White House

Published: Oct. 26, 2023, 9:59 p.m.

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The aide to Donald Trump\\u2019s White House Chief of Staff opens up to Americast about her mistakes and why she believes that the former president should never be allowed near the Oval Office again.

Cassidy Hutchinson explains why she wrote her candid memoir, which Trump\\u2019s team tells us \\u201ceither belongs in the discount bin of the fiction section of a bookstore or should be repurposed as toilet paper.\\u201d

There\\u2019s finally a new Speaker of the House of Representatives. But who is Mike Johnson?

And Arnold Schwarzenegger tells Justin why he thinks Trump\\u2019s re-election hopes have terminated.

Please note there is a brief suicide reference between 8:35 and 9:15.

HOSTS:\\n\\u2022 Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter\\n\\u2022 Sarah Smith, North America editor\\n\\u2022 Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent

GUEST:\\n\\u2022 Cassidy Hutchinson, White House aide under President Trump

GET IN TOUCH:\\n\\u2022 Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB\\n\\u2022 Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480\\n\\u2022 Email Americast@bbc.co.uk\\n\\u2022 Or use #Americast

Join us for our live episode, marking one year to go to the US election, on our Discord server at 18:00 GMT on Thursday, 2 November: https://discord.com/invite/64ZfGct4A3?event=1168526948046225498

This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg, with Rufus Gray, Catherine Fusillo and Claire Betzer. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

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