Trump's tech supremacy era begins?

<p>President Trump has had a big week, what with an inauguration and then signing a myriad of actions in his first days in office - never mind the move to US tech supremacy. After a big start, Ed Balls and George Osborne ask whether he can sustain the political honeymoon, or if this will be a very different Trump presidency, marred by the reality of being a populist President in office.&nbsp;</p><br /><p>Meanwhile, like the rest of the global elite, George is in Davos, and he’s reporting back to Ed everything he’s heard about the outsider’s economic view of the UK. Will Rachel Reeves and Jonathan Reynolds’ upcoming announcements make any difference to the ‘glum’ outlook?</p><br /><p>And another closely-observed politician at Davos is Friedrich Merz, contender for the next Chancellor of Germany. As the AfD chases his CDU party, are we looking, as he claims, at the last free election in modern Germany?</p><br /><p>Become a member of POLITICAL CURRENCY GOLD 🏅 to support the podcast, enjoy ad-free listening to all our episodes and receive early access to EMQs.</p><br /><p>Subscribe now: patreon.com/politicalcurrency or on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/politicalcurrency</p><br /><p>Producers: Caillin McDaid, Miriam Hall and Rosie Stopher</p><p>Technical Producer: Oliver Geraghty</p><p>Executive Producer: Ellie Clifford</p><br /><p>Political Currency is a Persephonica Production and is part of the Acast Creator Network.</p><br /><p><br /></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>