Divided States is the American politics podcast from Sky News looking at all the issues that divide the most powerful country on the planet.
Melania Trump's bizarre press conference about her links to Jeffrey Epstein has set the world talking.
She says Epstein is NOT the man who introduced her and her husband.
As we record this episode, Mark takes a call from Paolo Zampolli who says he was the real matchmaker. And he says he'll say that on oath if he has to.
Mark and Martha discuss why Melania could have done this now.
Plus - Donald Trump publishes a video of a woman being murdered - without blurring the footage. It comes as calls increase in some quarters to challenge the president with the 25th Amendment.
We explain what that is - and whether it could work in practice.
And, the ceasefire in Iran. Is it holding? Is Israel listening to the US or ignoring it? NATO’s Secretary General is in town to try keep the FIFA Peace Prize winner… peaceful.
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Mark calls the President - and he answers.
Just hours after Donald Trump announces a ceasefire with Iran, Mark gets through on the phone and is able to push him about what's been agreed.
When you call the president - you're not allowed to record your conversation.
But in this extra episode, we go through what Donald Trump told us, and what it all means. And Mark explains how he got to call him in the first place.
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Trump, 90 minutes before his promise that a "whole civilisation will die" on Tuesday night, steps back from the brink.
A commitment to a ceasefire with Iran - negotiations to begin in Pakistan on Friday.
Iranians are celebrating this as a great success - as a capitulation from the Americans.
The Trump administration is steadfast that it’s an American win. And yet, missiles still rain down in Israel, Qatar and Kuwait.
And for Americans, what next for a president who swings from genocidal threats to embarrassing U-turn?
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It's been some Easter weekend.
A pilot hiding from Iranian forces is saved - two days after their fighter jet was shot down by a rocket launcher.
More than 100 US servicemen and women involved, in a military success that the president spent Monday lauding in front of the world's press.
All the while, his Tuesday evening deadline remains. A red line - that if crossed with no deal - will see US military forces turn Iran into "living hell". The president's words.
What will happen? And will Trump risk committing war crimes?
Plus: we speak to Americans who are already feeling the economic pinch of Trump's Iran war.
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Donald Trump fires another cabinet member - this time it’s Pam Bondi, the Attorney General.
She’s to leave for an “important job in the private sector… to be announced at a date in the near future”, so says the president. Helpful wording when you get your P45.
Why has she been sacked? Who’s replacing her? And how does this play into another topsy turvy 24 hours in Trump world?
We have the latest.
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The King prepares for a high-stakes visit to Washington, and Donald Trump says it will be "terrific".
But behind the scenes, the special relationship is looking anything but, after another social media insult from the president, warning the UK to "go get your own oil" from Iran.
When the King arrives, can he help calm things down? Martha and David discuss.
Plus, Trump is putting his name on everything from airports to a towering presidential library complete with a gold statue. At what point does branding become something else entirely?
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The president threatens to commit war crimes in Iran. Will he go through with it - or is it just another empty threat?
In other news - Trump seems more concerned with the layout for his new East Wing ballroom. That’s after the New York Times exposed his initial plans… as being not very good. The president has hit back.
Plus - a statue for Donald Trump appears in Washington DC. It might not be the one he quite hoped for though.
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We’re in Miami and Washington DC. The president wraps up a cabinet meeting ahead of a trip to South Florida to talk to the Saudis about Iran.
Mail-in voting, is on people’s minds too. The president calls it cheating… except when he does it. We react to the revelation about Trump’s voting habits.
But first, we’ve spent a couple of days in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Christianity, and the Church, is becoming a significant part of the direction of this administration. It’s playing into the war waged against Iran.
Are we in the middle of a modern day holy war?
Watch Martha's film from Tulsa, Oklahoma, here.
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Minutes before Donald Trump’s announcement on Iran sent global markets into chaos, someone placed a huge bet on oil. They stood to make millions.
Was it luck or did they know what was coming?
Mark, David and our economics and data editor Ed Conway ask whether this could be one of the most suspicious trades in years.
Plus, Trump says the war in Iran has been won, he's achieved regime change and Iran has sent him a gift. So why is the Pentagon preparing to deploy thousands more troops?
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Donald Trump had a deadline for the Iranians on Monday night - by 7pm Washington time, he said, he’d annihilate Iran’s energy infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz was not fully reopened.
Despite no deal, he has stalled his massive bombing campaign.
Another extraordinary U-turn? Or is this entirely in character for the American president?
Plus - ICE officers now in airports?
And we react to that comment by Trump in response to the death of esteemed public servant, and Trump’s public enemy no. 1, Robert Mueller.
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Two massive attacks on major energy plants in the Middle East. One by the Israelis - the other by the Iranians.
It’s totally destabilised global energy networks. What are the ramifications for everyone?
Another press conference from the Pentagon. Pete Hegseth is asking for hundreds of billions of dollars for the war effort.
Are we amidst the start of another American forever war?
Plus - fresh off his Irish unification gaffe, the president makes another one - this time in front of the Japanese prime minister. What’s he said now?!
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