Episode description
Today, Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th US president.
He promised to unleash a blitz of executive orders, after calling for a "revolution of common sense" in Monday's inaugural address.
James Cook and Chris Mason were joined by Anthony Zurcher and Marianna Spring from Americast, Victoria Derbyshire from Ukrainecast and Jonny Dymond from The Global Story to assess Trump’s first act as he became President again.
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