US midterms: Trump, war and America’s future

Two days after pivotal US midterm elections, join Jonathan Freedland and our Guardian panel as they discuss the winners and losers, and what the results could mean for America – and the world. Date: Thursday 5 November Times: 7.30pm-9pm (GMT) Book tickets – in person or livestream Donald Trump heads into these midterm contests with some of the lowest approval ratings in presidential history, finding himself on the wrong side of US public opinion on everything from AI data centres to building work at the White House. Will voters punish his party, even though his name is not on the ballot paper? Will his promise to give $5,000 to every US adult if Republicans triumph turn things around? Or do his failed attempts to ram through changes to the US voting system, coupled with the daily cost of ongoing war with Iran, mean a Democratic blue wave is now unstoppable? Guardian columnist and host of the Politics Weekly America podcast Jonathan Freedland will join global editor Devika Bhat and the Edward Orsborn Professor of US Politics & Political History, Prof Adam Smith, in London, along with Mary Trump, clinical psychologist, author, and political commentator, Washington bureau chief David Smith and leading US commentator and co-Founder, CEO The Seneca Project Tara Setmayer live from the US. They’ll discuss the results and their implications for the future of Trump, the US and global politics. They’ll explore the key questions, ranging from the politics of artificial intelligence to whether a new age of US instability lies ahead – and ask who might succeed Trump in the White House in 2028. Book tickets – in person or livestream Continue reading...