When Donald Trump became president of the most powerful nation on Earth, he brought a bold new approach, honed from a career as a reality TV star and smart-talking businessman. The results turned the political world upside down. This episode gives us a front-row seat to the first 18 months, as key players including Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer, Omarosa Manigault Newman and Anthony Scaramucci take us behind the scenes of this extraordinary presidency.
Key players, including Rudy Giuliani, Stormy Daniels, Steve Bannon and ambassador John Bolton, shed light on Trump’s second year as he faces challenges from his past. Trump is finding his feet as president. But an encounter from his past threatens to catch up with him as adult film star Stormy Daniels claims she was paid to keep quiet about a sexual encounter with Trump. This episode brings reminders of Trump's biggest challenge to date - the 2016 scandal that threatened to upend his campaign for office when recordings of Trump talking about ‘grabbing’ women came to light. But Trump weathered that storm with an extraordinary moment of audacious showmanship, proving that bullish, bold narratives play well with his audience. It looks briefly like Stormy might have the power to out-Trump Trump, but he brazenly withstands pressure from the press, even in the face of new revelations from his former lawyer Michael Cohen
Tales from the front lines of Trump’s fourth year, from players including Mick Mulvaney, John Bolton, Steven Bannon and one of the president’s champion pastors, Mark Burns. Emboldened by his exoneration in the Russia investigation, Trump is more audacious than ever. He invites the Taliban to Camp David, suggests buying Greenland from Denmark and attracts more drama with the Sharpie-gate affair, when Trump is accused of altering a weather map to justify his mistaken claims about the path of Hurricane Dorian. The support of his base continues, adding to an impression of untouchable confidence - this is a president who will not live by the usual rules. But Trump’s character and approach to the presidency are put under intense scrutiny when Trump is accused of coercing Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, his rival in the upcoming presidential race - an accusation he vehemently denies.
A gripping final instalment of the acclaimed BBC series The Trump Show. This film charts Donald Trump’s last months as president as he attempts to win, and subsequently overturn, the results of the 2020 election – culminating in scenes of violent ‘insurrection’ against the US Congress. Friends, advisers and close observers tell the story of Trump’s last days, from packed rallies - held as coronavirus besieges America - to riots on Capitol Hill. The film provides a blow-by-blow account of the final weeks of his administration - and a gripping psychological study of the controversial leader’s final days in power.
