The Trump Report

Retired Air Vice-Marshal Sean Bells joins Maddie Hale to discuss reports the United States is preparing troops for a ground invasion of Iran, what a high risk military mission to seize enriched uranium inside Iran would look like and former CIA counterterrorism officer Joe Kent says Trump won’t name Iranian contacts because they could be targeted, undermining negotiations.

Politico’s White House reporter Megan Messerly joins Maddie Hale to discuss whether high global oil prices will force western leaders to help the United States in the Strait of Hormuz.

On this episode of The Trump Report we unpick how war unfolds in a world where the US President launches major military escalations without an apparent day-after plan. Maddie Hale speaks to former Trump White House insider John Bolton, chemical weapons expert Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, retired Iranian diplomat Dr Mehrdad Khonsari and our regular guest Professor Scott Lucas.

On this episode of The Trump Report we'll ask who stands to gain the most from Donald Trump's war in Iran? Could it be Vladimir Putin, or investors associated with the White House? Maddie Hale and Fergus Macphee speak to retired Air-Vice Marshall Sean Bell, financier and activist Sir Bill Browder, and leading economist Justin Wolfers.

On this episode of The Trump Report we'll ask whether the war in Iran is becoming a global conflict, we'll discuss Iran's role in dictating energy prices, and ask how Donald Trump's war impacts him on home turf. Maddie Hale and Fergus Macphee speak to Professor Scott Lucas, Ben Hodges - the former commanding general of the US Army in Europe, and retired intelligence officer Malcolm Nance.

On this edition of the Trump Report, Fergus Macphee is joined by Lt General Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of the US Army in Europe. They discuss the current US operation in Iran, with Ben saying this is just one connected part of a global conflict.

On this episode of the Trump Report, you'll get the best of our interviews from the past four episodes - as we unpack the US-Israel attack on Iran and what happens next. Maddie Hale speaks to Professor Scott Lucas, retired Air Vice-Marshal Sean Bell, the Pulitzer prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston and the Youtuber Destiny - aka Steven Bonnell.

Andrew Feinberg, The Independent’s White House Correspondent, joins Maddie Hale to discuss The Financial Times’ article on why Donald Trump’s state of mind is becoming a “global risk”, several publications corroborate NRP’s investigation into the DOJ not releasing 90 documents from the Epstein files which include assault allegations against the US President and the Clintons are set to testify before the House Oversight Committee over their ties to Jeffrey Epstein.