Lionel Shriver on Trump’s vendetta, Zohran Mamdani’s ‘stupid’ ideas and sentimental immigration

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US deputy editor Kate Andrews is joined by author and Spectator columnist Lionel Shriver to assess Donald Trump’s turbulent second term. They discuss the rise of socialism in New York, why fairness is warping immigration policy,and whether Trump’s obsession with lawfare and vengeance is undoing his own presidency.

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