00:00:0000:00:00Politics Weekly AmericaDonald TrumpTrump unbound: the making of an imperial presidency – podcastDonald Trump’s second term is unlike his first. The politicians who challenged him are gone. The lawyers who once pushed back now choose their battles. What remains is an imperial president with almost no internal checks, using executive power to reshape everything from the economy, immigration and even the presidency itself.Few journalists have covered Trump as closely as the New York Times journalist Jonathan Swan. Jonathan Freedland speaks to him about how the president has consolidated such power – and what it could mean for the US and the worldMore ways to listenApple podcastsSpotifyRSS FeedDownloadPresented by Jonathan Freedland, produced by May Robson, Nada Smiljanic and Danielle Stephens; the executive producer is Maz EbtehajFri 7 Aug 2026 06.00 CESTShare Watch Jonathan Freedland on our new Politics Weekly YouTube channel You can find Jonathan Swan and Maggie Habermans’ book Regime Change here Send your questions and feedback to [email protected] Photograph: Bizuayehu Tesfaye/EPAExplore more on these topicsDonald TrumpPolitics Weekly AmericaJD VanceMarco RubioUS politics
