When America stopped being great: a conversation with author Nick Bryant
b'BBC New York Correspondent Nick Bryant has studied US elections for decades and saw the election of President Trump in 2016 as inevitable, rather than a fluke. Growing executive overreach, shifting economic and cultural power, and ubiquitous distrust of media and government paved the way for a disruptor with promises of \\u201cgreatness.\\u201d As a Brit in the United States, his observations translate the American experience through a lens Australian\\u2019s can understand.\\n\\nWho are the power-brokers and pawns in the 2020 election? Will Americans double down or divert away from MAGA? Is the history of President Trump\\u2019s rise also a history of America\\u2019s fall?\\n\\nTo discuss these issues, the USSC hosted a webinar event featuring Nick Bryant, author of When America Stopped Being Great: A history of the present, in conversation with United States Studies Centre CEO Professor Simon Jackman.'