The Trump Show

Even on election night, no one thought Donald Trump was going to win - not even him. How did this brash, unpredictable ex-reality star become President of the most powerful nation on Earth? His inner circle including Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer and Anthony Scaramucci take us behind the scenes of Trump’s first 18 months. Would he change the presidency or would the presidency change him?

It takes real showmanship to weather a political scandal. Trump excelled at the former and had plenty of the latter. When model Stormy Daniels claimed she was paid to cover up a sexual encounter, Trump stuck to his guns - no mea culpa. Then the Mueller inquiry into claims of Russian interference in his 2016 campaign gained pace and his ratings fell. The show had to go on, how did Trump prevail?

The final year of President Trump. September: He faced impeachment - alleged to have coerced Ukraine into a plot against his rival Joe Biden. January: The deadly coronavirus swept the nation, killing more than 150,000 Americans by mid-2020. May: The killing of George Floyd saw thousands rise up in protest. Trump came to power on the politics of division, this is how they brought him down.

Trump was obsessed with the film Citizen Kane. And the end of his reign shared eerie parallels with this story of a man destroyed by power. His presidency’s incident-packed final days featured a baseless attempt to overturn the election, an assault on the Capitol and another impeachment. Those close to him provide a blow-by-blow account of the final dramatic weeks of the Trump administration.