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David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts and insiders present in-depth explainers on big issues in the news.

David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts and insiders present in-depth explainers on big issues in the news

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The Briefing Room: President Trump's End of Year Report

President Trump's End of Year Report

21/12/2017

BBC Radio 4 - The Briefing Room, President Trump's End of Year Report

Has President Trump delivered on his campaign promises?

David Aaronovitch examines some of the promises made by Donald Trump during the campaign trail and whether he has delivered on them as US President.

Has President Trump delivered on the promises he made on the campaign trail?

This programme cuts through the White House soap opera which has dominated headlines and asks what has the President actually achieved? 

David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts look back at some of the pre-election pledges made on a broad range of issues such as tax cuts, the economy, immigration, foreign policy and justice to reveal where the president has made progress - and where and why his plans have stalled. 

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Donald Marron, director of economic policy initiatives at the Urban Institute in Washington DC

Joseph Gagnon, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics 

Leslie Vinjamuri, associate fellow with the US and the Americas Programme at Chatham House

Marie Price, professor of geography and international affairs at George Washington University and President of the American Geographical Society

Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (retired).

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