Shownotes
This week, on America: In the Making…
- Will Greenland be the death of the UK-US special relationship?
- AI-generated confusion after Monkeys escape a zoo in Missouri, and
- One small step for Congress, one giant leap for mankind. I speak to Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society, about Trump’s failed efforts to decimate the NASA budget.
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Special Guest:
This week, we are delighted to be joined by Emma Long, an Associate Professor in American History and Politics at the University of East Anglia.
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Useful Links:
- Trump has threatened Europe with higher tariffs. What happens now? | The Independent
- The exchange of messages between Norway's prime minister and President Trump | Reuters
- Keir Starmer about to hold emergency press conference
- Trump Shares Map of US Including Greenland, Canada, Venezuela - Newsweek
- Congress passes $24.4 billion NASA budget, rejecting Trump's deep cuts
- As Musk works to slash federal spending, his own firms have received billions in government contracts - ABC News
- The Planetary Society
- Army has put 1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment | AP News
- Multiple monkeys on the loose in St. Louis | AP News
- Supreme Court weighs Trump's firing of the Fed's Lisa Cook by social media | Reuters
- Fed Chair Jerome Powell stands up to Trump : NPR
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