Airdate: Trump’s Divided States of America
This looks back at events during the Obama presidency that led to deep divisions in the US, and what Trump inherits.
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SBS presents the doco Trump’s Divided States of America on Sunday.
The two part Frontline special which draws on extensive interviews with White House and Congressional insiders from both the Democratic and Republican parties.
This miniseries looks back at events during the Obama presidency that have led to deep divisions in the US, and examines the America the next president will inherit. It offers an in-depth view of the partisanship that gridlocked Washington and charged the 2016 presidential campaign, the rise of populist anger on both sides of the aisle and the racial tensions that have erupted throughout the country.
Episode One:
Part one of an investigation into the deep political divisions and bitter polarisation that grew during the Obama presidency examines how President Obama’s promise of change and unity collided with racial and political realities.
8:30pm Sunday on SBS.
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Every President’s promise of change and unity collides with racial and political realities. It’s the Presidents choice to compromise, be pragmatic or “to crash or crash through”.