Podcast: Divided US struggles with dark legacy

World View is a weekly foreign affairs podcast hosted by foreign editor Chris Dooley

US president Donald Trump. How will his response to the Charlottesville crisis affect his core support? Photograph: Getty Images
US president Donald Trump. How will his response to the Charlottesville crisis affect his core support? Photograph: Getty Images

In Washington, Donald Trump’s belated condemnation of the racist groups behind a protest against the removal of a civil war statue, a protest that turned violent and left one counter-protestor dead, has not stopped a renewed wave of doubt over the president’s values and judgement.

But will the crisis affect Trump’s support among his base and his Republican colleagues in any meaningful way?

And, with further moves coming to rid the divided country of the names and symbols of the defenders of slavery, is more violence on the way too?

Suzanne Lynch speaks to World View from California as she continues her cross-country trip for The Irish Times.

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And Peter Murtagh is in South Korea, where he is finding out that the people have mixed feelings towards the Unites States, their friend, ally and protector – especially under the Trump presidency.