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The shadow looming over the fourth Republican debate was the party\\u2019s most recent president, Donald Trump.

But while the other candidates traded blows at one another, Trump was conspicuously absent, instead taking part in a town hall event on Tuesday evening.

He raised eyebrows when saying he would only be a dictator on \\u2018day one\\u2019 if elected president.

The Americast team chew over Trump\\u2019s comments \\u2013 and the Republican debate \\u2013 before speaking to GOP candidate Asa Hutchinson, the former governor of Arkansas who\\u2019s still in the race for the White House.

And, a clip of American university leaders has gone viral after they failed to say explicitly to Congress that calling for the genocide of Jewish people violated their schools code of conduct. The team assesses how we\\u2019ve reached this point.

HOSTS: \\n\\u2022 Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter\\n\\u2022 Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent \\n\\u2022 Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent

GUEST: \\n\\u2022 Asa Hutchinson, Republican presidential candidate

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 Find out more about our award-winning \\u201cundercover voters\\u201d here: bbc.in/3lFddSF.

This episode was made by George Dabby with Alix Pickles, Catherine Fusillo, Claire Betzer and Maia Davies. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is George Dabby. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.