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TRUMP100

TRUMP100 follows Donald Trump's second term in The White House as US President. Episodes on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Plus extra episodes for the big stories.  Hosts James Matthews, Martha Kelner and Mark Stone will be joined by guests to delve into the key developments in Trump's America - reflecting on the previous day and looking ahead to the next. If his last term in office is a barometer...anything can happen! You can get in touch with the team via email at: Trump100@sky.uk

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We are seeing the memeification and trivialisation of the war in Iran on an industrial scale.The White House with daily posts joking about missiles and bombs landing on Iran, as the number of dead increases and the cost - of the war and of petrol - rises and rises.Why is Trump’s team so keen to take the mick?In California, Martha has been to the largest Iranian population outside of Iran. What do the Iranian diaspora make of the US raining “death, fire and fury” on their relatives?Plus - Kash Patel has a new regimen for his FBI agents. They’ll couple their deductive powers with wrestling matches as they get put their through paces by mixed martial artists.Why is the FBI director turning his agents into a bunch of UFC fighters?You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

13/03/2026 • 29:10

A day of Iran war briefings from the White House and the Pentagon.War commentary in the style of a comic strip from Pete Hegseth. We'll look into the whizz, bang and pop of it all. It includes prayer.Plus - we've seen the Pentagon's food bill. They spent seven million dollars on lobster tails... in one month. What's going on?Democrat senators aren't happy with how this war story's shaping up. They were being briefed on Capitol Hill. James Matthews was there.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

11/03/2026 • 25:30

There are major inconsistencies with this White House administration right now. Rhetoric changes depending on when you catch the president, who claims the war in Iran could be over "soon".What does it mean for the conflict, and for the Iranian people? We unpack it all.That is as a new supreme leader is chosen - and questions start to mount over the bombing of a girls school that left more than 168 people dead.As for the new supreme leader - well, he seems even more hardline than his predecessor. Even if the US stops the missiles, will Iran?Plus - why is Trump talking about the Iran women's football team? We’ll explain.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

10/03/2026 • 26:20

Mark Stone is in Corpus Christi, the coastal city of southern Texas, gauging opinions of Americans - and Trump voters - on the war in Iran.Trump says he wants to be involved in the selection of the next Iranian supreme leader.At home, he’s been cleaning house - Kristi Noem, ICE Barbie, ICE Queen, she’s been melted, by order of the boss. She’s out, and in comes Markwayne Mullin. Who’s he?And in Washington DC, the man, the myth, the Messi has been in town. Lionel’s been at the White House to see the president. You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel. Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

06/03/2026 • 28:30

Trump's war against Iran and its fallout continues - and it now pits the president against our prime minister.Donald Trump vs. Keir Starmer, over Iran. Is the relationship between the pair now irreparably ruined?Plus - we have a briefing with two (very) senior officials at the heart of the US administration. They explain to us exactly why the US is involved in Iran.We’ll digest what we make of it.And the Epstein files - they just won’t go away, only some have. Thousands have been deleted from public view. What’s happened there?You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

04/03/2026 • 27:42

Mixed messages from the commander-in-chief.The narrative from members of the administration seems to be built on shifting sands. What is the real reason for America’s intervention in Iran?And how long will this all-out regional conflict last - as millions shelter from missiles in the Middle East and Americans suffer economically.Major questions for the president.Plus - we finally get to watch Bill and Hillary Clinton’s testimony on Jeffrey Epstein. We unpack it.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

03/03/2026 • 28:13

The chair of the Board of Peace starts war.The US strike military targets on Iranian soil, while Israelis, supporting the attack on the regime, go after Iran’s leaders.The Iranians have already struck back - hitting US military bases across the Middle East - in Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.What next- and is this the start of the most consequential conflict in the Middle East in a generation?You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

28/02/2026 • 17:41

Hillary Clinton has testified under oath in a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee, questioned about Jeffrey Epstein and the powerful network around him. She has denied that she had any knowledge of Epstein's crimes and didn't recall ever meeting him, flying on his plane, or visiting any of his properties.At the same time, US and Iranian officials meet in Geneva for delicate nuclear talks, negotiations unfolding as Trump beefs up America’s military presence in the Middle East.Plus, a stunning development in the global media industry as Netflix bows out of a bid to buy Warner Brothers which will instead be swallowed instead by a pal of the president. Mark and James explain.Remember, you can watch Trump100 on our YouTube channel. Email us at trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

27/02/2026 • 26:35

It’s Donald Trump’s State of the Union address day - the big blockbuster moment in American politics when all three branches of power meet to hear the president give his annual reflections on how America is faring.It’s the biggest speech of the year for any president.Nearly two hours - the longest state of the union ever recorded.On the podcast today: What did he say, what happened when tempers flared between the Democrats and Trump, and why does it all matter.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

25/02/2026 • 23:43

Peter Mandelson - arrested. The fall from grace complete as he goes from US ambassador to the back of a police car in the space of six months.Plus - the fallout from that blockbuster Supreme Court decision on Friday that ruled Donald Trump’s tariffs are constitutionally illegal.Safe to say, the president has gone ballistic.And Kash Patel steals the headlines at the ice hockey, the president bizarrely deploys a hospital ship to Greenland, and US-Iran tensions rage on.A bumper episode.Mandelson has previously denied any criminal wrongdoing in relation to Jeffrey Epstein.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

24/02/2026 • 29:28

The story of the year?Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, arrested by Thames Valley Police on allegations of misconduct in office, after documents unearthed in the release of the Epstein files.We’ve been gauging US reaction to it - and spoke to a congressman who’s said he’ll fly to the UK to hear Andrew’s testimony over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor denies any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein. Plus - we reflect on the variety show that was Donald Trump’s inaugural Board of Peace meeting in Washington DC.The board meeting came as reports swirl that the president plans to launch a full-blown war against Iran in the immediate future. You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.Episodic art credit: Phil Noble, Reuters

20/02/2026 • 23:55

A civil rights icon, Reverend Jesse Jackson, died on Tuesday at the age of 84. Americans grieve a man who helped shape modern America.Donald Trump weighs in - and gets political. Why?In Geneva, American and Iranian officials attempt to thrash out a nuclear deal. There are optimistic noises… but POTUS and the supreme leader are still fire warning shots at one another.And a row breaks out over a late night chat show interview pulled by CBS. Critics say the network is kowtowing to the administration.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

18/02/2026 • 22:40

James Matthews and David Blevins dip into the mailbag on Presidents' Day.With ICE still on the streets, is it safe to visit the US in the summer for the FIFA World Cup?Seamus Culleton, the Irishman David met last week who’s in ICE detention, has had some skeletons back home unearthed since his detention in Texas became public.But does that change anything?And the Epstein Files - where are the missing 175 million documents?You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

17/02/2026 • 17:38

Trump ditches global scientific orthodoxy and tells Americans that greenhouses gases aren’t bad.US limits to them are now gone. Studies show tens of thousands of people could die as a consequence.Why has he made this potentially legacy defining decision?Plus - America’s top cop will not look survivors of Epstein’s crimes in the eye. Her hearing in front of Congress raises many people’s eyebrows. We digest it all.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.Watch Mark’s work on shark migration due to global warming, and his reporting on American methane hunters.And James’s piece with the Native American tribe of the can be found by clicking this link.

13/02/2026 • 21:41

We speak to Seamus Culleton, who has been stuck in a 70-person jail cell in a Texas detention centre.He’s been in the US since 2009. He’s married to an American. He’s never had so much as a parking ticket.What happened to Trump’s plan to deport only the "worst of the worst"?Plus - is the day Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor testifies in Congress getting closer? Mark Stone speaks to Virginia Giuffre’s brother, Sky Roberts.And one of Trump’s cabinet members is under fire after being caught lying about his meetings with Jeffrey Epstein.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor vigorously denies any allegations of wrongdoing in relation to Virginia Giuffre.

11/02/2026 • 26:57

A congressman tells us the British monarchy has questions to answer over Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.The King and Queen in America’s sights - what does this mean?That’s all as Ghislaine Maxwell appears via video link to testify over the Epstein files.Elsewhere - the fallout over the half-time show at the Super Bowl and Trump’s racist Truth Social post on Friday.Plus - have we just been introduced to a new frontrunner for the next president of the US?You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor vigorously denies any allegations of wrongdoing in relation to Jeffrey Epstein.

10/02/2026 • 23:21

Martha Kelner joins us from Tucson, Arizona, where she is following an extraordinary story - the disappearance of the 84-year-old mother of one of America’s best known TV personalities.Americans are gripped by the story - the president included.Plus - Donald Trump makes another U-turn, this time on the Chagos Islands. That’s after productive conversations with beleaguered UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.And job cuts at the paper that coined the phrase "democracy dies in darkness". At The Washington Post, it’s darkness 1, democracy nil.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

06/02/2026 • 26:11

The President, citing widespread corruption, wants Republicans to be in control of elections. It would be a major violation of Article I of the US Constitution.There is no evidence of any electoral fraud.Could Donald Trump really be about to defy the very foundations America is built upon?Plus - Trump greets Colombian president, and longtime foe, Gustavo Petro at the White House. What happened when they met?Meanwhile, a US fighter jet shoots down an Iranian drone over the Arabian sea - are we one step closer to US-Iran conflict?Former US ambassador Peter Mandelson resigns from the House of Lords over the brewing Epstein scandal.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

04/02/2026 • 20:26

The fallout from the release of more than three million documents on Friday by the Department of Justice.The Epstein files… with fresh questions aimed at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Lord Peter Mandelson. Plus - what’s Trump’s involvement in the files?Plus - the Trump Kennedy Center? "Closed for refurbishment," so says the president. Why?And the Grammys get political.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

03/02/2026 • 25:32

The President and rapper Nicki Minaj get cosy. What’s that all about?We have a new video of an altercation between Alex Pretti and ICE agents, days before his death. What does it tell us?Donald Trump is back with his cabinet for the first meeting of 2026. Plenty mentioned… including Iran.Are we moments away from the US launching strikes on Iran?Plus - why is the FBI seizing voter rolls relating to an election 6 years ago? And is this foreshadowing what could happen in November’s midterm elections?You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

30/01/2026 • 23:22

Donald Trump has just made his latest remarks on the cost of living and economy in Iowa. We’re there and unpack what he said.The president is talking money but, of course, minds are still on Minneapolis. He’s a president still in the eye of that storm and in retreat.How much, we’ll discuss.Plus - ICE agents are going to the Winter Olympics in Milan. Yes, you read that right.And calls to boycott the World Cup - they’re getting louder.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

28/01/2026 • 26:27

The president seems to be changing tack in Minneapolis. He’s bringing in Tom Homan, his border tsar.Out goes Border Patrol head Greg Bovino, who some say is now out of a job completely in the administration.Why the climbdown? And is this the start of a lasting change to Trump’s ICE policy, or merely a moment of pause before it ramps back up again?And - the president sits down for an interview with New York Magazine about his health.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

27/01/2026 • 29:24

Just two weeks after Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent, another American civilian has been shot and killed. Alex Pretti - a 37 year old ICU nurse.It’s a tragedy that has pitted the state against the federal government in a remarkable standoff.We’re in Minneapolis.On today’s episode - what happened, why did it happen, and what could happen next.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.Read David Blevins' piece on the situation in Minneapolis - and how it compares to Belfast during the Troubles, here.

26/01/2026 • 27:51

A storm 2,000 miles long is set to dump two feet of snow on parts of the American east coast over the weekend.Storm Trump’s blown through somewhere else - Davos. We go through every twist and turn of an incredible week in geopolitics, including an astounding speech by Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. We talk its implications.Plus - the Board of Peace is unveiled. But is this just Donald Trump’s attempt to centre world politics around him?And the Epstein files - remember them? Well there’s news for the Clintons, Bill and Hillary. They could be a step closer to jail. We explain why.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

23/01/2026 • 27:42

After productive talks with NATO, the threat of tariffs on European countries who opposed Donald Trump's plan to purchase Greenland is being dropped by the US president.It followed Donald Trump entering the lion's den in Davos, Switzerland. In a keynote speech he berated NATO and the institutions that have supported Western democracy for decades.After this landmark speech - and enormous climbdown - what does this mean for the future of Greenland, and for NATO at large?This Quick Take was recorded at 3pm ET, 8pm GMT. Find out more about the mood at Davos on The World with Yaldka Hakim and Richard Engel. Their latest episode is hereYou can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

21/01/2026 • 10:19

It’s been a year since Donald Trump’s return to the White House. In a lengthy briefing to mark the occasion, he laid out his achievements and ambitions - at the centre of it all is Greenland. Trump refuses to rule out how far he is willing to go to secure it, and after posting an AI image of a US flag planted on Arctic ice, markets stumbled amid fears of a trade war with Europe. NATO, once again, is left hanging as Trump declines to give an unequivocal commitment to the alliance and hints everything is up for negotiation.Martha, James and Mark reflect on what this moment tells us about Trump’s presidency and what a year back in power really looks like as he heads into year two. And Mark’s additional analysis looking back at the last 12 months of Trump is available here.Remember, you can also watch Trump100 on our YouTube channel. You can also email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

21/01/2026 • 24:30

Over the weekend, the president threatened to increase tariffs on eight countries, including the UK, if they continue to oppose his demand to take control of Greenland.Why the sudden escalation? Leaked texts between the Norwegian prime minister and the president may give us a bit of an insight.And the Gaza Board of Peace begins to form.The small price of $1bn to join the executive leading the future of the Gaza Strip, so says Donald Trump.The people invited to join include the man wanted for war crimes in The Hague - Vladimir Putin.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

20/01/2026 • 29:03

The president welcomes Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado to the White House, days after the United States’ audacious capture of her political rival Nicolas Maduro. What did she do when she met the man who covets her Nobel Peace Prize? She tells James Matthews how that conversation with Donald Trump went.Martha Kelner is in Minneapolis, as protesters clash with law enforcement on the streets of the Twin Cities. A Venezuelan man is shot in a second ICE agent shooting, and the president threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act. What does that mean for a city on the edge?Watch Martha’s piece from Minnesota hereYou can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel. Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

16/01/2026 • 30:33

Could we see the Clintons in court? Former president Bill Clinton and former first lady Hillary have refused to appear before a Congressional committee. They risk being in contempt of Congress - a jailable offence.Plus - tensions rise in Iran. The possibility of regime change feels real to many.Donald Trump ditches diplomacy and tells Iranians to get out on the streets and take over their institutions.That, as reports say more than 2,000 people have been killed by the regime during anti-government protests.And in Minneapolis, a number of senior lawyers have quit - they’re furious at plans to investigate the victim of last week’s shooting before looking into the man who pulled the trigger.You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

14/01/2026 • 24:10

Knives are out for the chair of the central banking system in the United States. The Trump administration want Jerome Powell out, and they want him indicted. He’s not going anywhere. Who will blink first? Plus - as anti-government protests accelerate in Iran, Donald Trump warns he’s considering military intervention. Could the US and Iran be about to lock horns once more?And in Minneapolis, tensions are still high after the death of Renée Nicole Good. As thousands more law enforcement agents flood the city, we have new footage of the moment the 37-year-old died. You can watch all episodes on our YouTube channel. Email us on trump100@sky.uk with your comments and questions.

13/01/2026 • 21:24

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