Trump Watch: Angry duck, lame duck, chaotic duck: How will Trump act in the next two years?

The US President is holed up with hardliner confidants and, after losing the midterms and in view of the Nvidia-China spying scandal, is allowing even fewer people into his inner circle.

Stephen Miller as the new chief of staff is supposed to protect Trump ideologically and limit access to him. Attorney General Todd Blanche is building a legal defense castle around the Trump team, once again confusing his role with that of a Trump lawyer. And Trump confidant Jim Jordan, as the new Republican group leader in the House of Representatives, is supposed to keep the representatives in line.

“This tells a story about the entire political setup for the next two years,” says co-host Christian Lammert, professor of North American political systems at the Free University of Berlin. “It seems to be more radical, to isolate itself more, to go into opposition, in other words to build a fort against possible democratic attacks and investigations.”

The co-hosts agree: Despite Trump's verbal gentleness in some interviews, there is much to suggest that he will act angrier and deliberately more unpredictable in the next two years - for example in foreign and immigration policy.

We recorded this episode on Thursday at 11am.

Moderated by Nicole Bastian and Christian Lammert

Produced by René Gorny