Sep 9, 2026 · 28 min · 10 segments
In this episode of Guardian Australia’s weekly US politics podcast, co-hosts Reged Ahmad and Jonathan Yerushalmy look across the water to Germany, where the rightwing political party Alternative für…
Jonathan YerushalmyHost
Reged AhmadHost
Sarah MartinHostUS President Donald Trump, who reposted the election results on his Truth Social page.
A big win for the far right earlier this week, a, a party and movement some are connecting back to the US and MAGA.
There are former State Department officials who say that the White House is going out of its way to get far-right parties like the AfD elected across Europe.
We're also gonna look at the US military's attempt to weed out leaks using every tool at their disposal, including dozens and dozens of lie detector tests.
Mass polygraph tests reminds one of pictures of people lined up [laughs] against a wall.
Uh, th- this is not the way to run a Pentagon, it's not the way to run the, uh, the military establishment in the United States, and it's not the way to defend the republic.
Oh, we'll come back to, uh, the polygraph testing, Jonathan, and I'm not gonna get you to take one, I promise.
And later, um, George Clooney, he's, uh, delivered a little bit of an insult to the Trump administration.
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US President Donald Trump, who reposted the election results on his Truth Social page.
A big win for the far right earlier this week, a, a party and movement some are connecting back to the US and MAGA.
There are former State Department officials who say that the White House is going out of its way to get far-right parties like the AfD elected across Europe.
We're also gonna look at the US military's attempt to weed out leaks using every tool at their disposal, including dozens and dozens of lie detector tests.
Mass polygraph tests reminds one of pictures of people lined up [laughs] against a wall.
Uh, th- this is not the way to run a Pentagon, it's not the way to run the, uh, the military establishment in the United States, and it's not the way to defend the republic.
Oh, we'll come back to, uh, the polygraph testing, Jonathan, and I'm not gonna get you to take one, I promise.
And later, um, George Clooney, he's, uh, delivered a little bit of an insult to the Trump administration.
