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Business Matters: Donald Trump Says He'll Put America First

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21/01/2017 GMT

Donald Trump Says He'll Put America First

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Donald Trump Says He'll Put America First

Analysis of Donald Trump on inauguration day, plus latest from the Gambia

Donald Trump becomes U.S. President - what will be the impact on the world economy, geopolitics, and the environment? Plus the latest from the Gambia and a new film on McDonalds

Making his inauguration speech, the 45th President of the United States vowed to put America first. Donald Trump's address was relatively short, big on patriotism yet somewhat bleak, painting a picture of a nation in the grip of crime, drugs, unemployment and dereliction. He pledged to bring about huge change. We ask two Republican party insiders how likely that is and how he intends to achieve it. Plus a former Prime Minister of Finland helps us assess the geopolitical implications for Europe, and the Executive Director of America's largest grassroots environmental organisation discusses the new administration's energy policy.

In other news, the Gambia's defeated leader Yahya Jammeh says he has decided to relinquish power, after hours of talks with regional leaders and the threat by a regional military force to make him leave. We ask an expert from the Chatham House Africa programme if the country and the region can quickly put this damaging episode behind it.

Molly Wood from Marketplace radio tells us about a new film exploring the contentious beginnings of the McDonalds chain of restaurants. 

Jon Bithrey is joined by two guests on opposite sides of the Pacific - business columnist and commentator Diane Brady in New York and Clive Hunton of ABC News Radio in Australia's capital Canberra.

(Picture: Donald Trump is sworn in - Picture Credit: Pool / Getty Images)

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