World of Politics with Harry McGee

We have been learning a lot of new phrases in the past few months since Donald Trump came into power in January: a transactional president; reciprocal tariffs; anti-coercion measures.

He has had a similar seismic effect on our world as Covid did, as the energy crisis had, as Brexit had, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine has had, as Israel’s onslaught of Gaza has had.

Stock markets have tumbled by 10 per cent in the past week. As of now, that does not mean too much. It’s not the canary in the coalmine, just yet. Markets tend to have Pavlovian........

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