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Nick Bryant: Former US Correspondent and author on his new book, Trump's verdict

Published: June 5, 2024, 9:51 p.m.

It\u2019s been an intense year politically in the United States, with both the presidential election and Donald Trump\u2019s trial and conviction.\xa0

His sentencing is next month, but before that is the first debate between Trump and Joe Biden, taking place June 27th.\xa0

Nick Bryant, a former US Correspondent and author, has written a book about the hate and decisiveness in the States and the role it plays in its history. \xa0

The book is titled \u2018The Forever War: America\u2019s Unending Conflict with Itself\u2019.\xa0

Bryant told Mike Hosking that the past reflects the current times, and Donald Trump is as much a product of American history as Nixon, JFK, or Ronald Reagan.\xa0

He said that a lot of presidents have had surprisingly authoritarian tendencies, and the American people like this kind of president, the strong man type.\xa0

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