{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68558ae30bed216db7530f8a/68558af0c1af62f027632dbc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Battle Of Los Angeles: Trump Sends in the Troops","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68558ae30bed216db7530f8a/1776868998384-e2779d2d-de0f-4177-8446-3f57763dc706.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>142 days, that’s all it’s taken. 142 days of Trump to help destabilise a country’s infrastructure, undo tenets of the constitution, buckle the economy and fall out spectacularly with a tech-bro big dog and then have a bitch fight about it all on social media.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Director Alex Garland’s Civil War movie seemed like a cinematic fever dream when it was released in the spring of 2024, it now looks more like a portent of doom, or a guide map to the future of the land of the not so free.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>Troops in downtown LA, a turf war between the President and California’s Governor while Trump rubs his band with glee at the prospect of his 79th birthday gift to himself; a military parade through the streets of Washington concluding with parachutists from the army’s Golden Knights presenting Trump with a folded flag. </p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>On our latest episode, we’ll speak to Shashank Joshi, Defence Editor at The Economist, and Jamie Kirchick, NYT op-ed writer and author to try and untangle this latest plot twist on the reality TV show that is the USA.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><strong>Follow us on Twitter, Tiktok and Instagram @apocalypsenowpod, and you can get in touch via email at </strong><a href=\"mailto:apocalpysenowpod@dailymail.com\"><strong>apocalpysenowpod@dailymail.com</strong></a><strong> </strong></p>\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:  David Patrikarakos</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Producer: Philip Wilding</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Editor: Chelsey Moore</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Executive Producer: Bella Soames </strong></p>\n<p><strong> </strong></p>\n<p><strong>A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular</strong></p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href=\"https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices\">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a></p>","author_name":"Daily Mail"}