is quite remarkable and i think january 6th was a watershed moment the storming of the capitol really was a wake up call for a lot of republicans and mitch mcconnell said you know he told his caucus vote your conscious so he's open the door to rip for republicans to find a way to leave trump is i'm behind and the question is will the senate get a 2 thirds majority to convict trump in the coming weeks well let me ask you about another aspect of what we heard there from the president to mention not only lying for purposes of power but also purposes of profit and that goes to the role of the media which in fact was one of the points mentioned by by those vox pops that we heard with that one woman saying i don't know what media to believe. joe biden's asking americans to hear him out and to listen to each other but will they be able to do that given that did end of poisonous chatter on polarized media or from fox

news to the social media platforms and i'm afraid the polarization of the media will even accelerate the cooling of people just in their own living in their own will accelerate in one thing that contributes to this is the bending from trump from twitter and facebook and the you tube and instagram because that leads to the thing that even twitter has seen as partisan and other like polar and other forms are coming up so that the not just the t.v. stations and the printed media polarized but you know the social media as well gets more and more polarized and allows people to stay in their own bubble if if i can just expand on that i do think though americans and even president biden recognizes that the democracy is very fragile he said that in his speech and social media and the fact that journalism is so fragmented in the united states plays a role and fortunately in this just functionality and i won't be. surprise to see

if there is more regulation of big tech and washington moving forward i want to come to that as one of the policy priorities of the next administration but let me ask you about one other point souter when we look at that both the inauguration ceremony and the new administration we see an absolutely astonishing degree of diversity in fact if we take gender into account this is the most diverse cabinet in history so clearly that will be read as a signal of hope and change and unity by the many americans who are worried about structural racism but what about the others well you know i think if joe biden as he said in a speech works for all americans and most likely this is his only term in office and he said that he's going to go in it with all his soul because he has really nothing to lose this is probably his last term in office so he i think he will make it a point to make sure that the american middle class gets its strength and yes the diversity

in the cabinet is very important very symbolic to what our country stands for but it's also the he picked experts it really is a technocratic for example national security team so even though it's symbolic he also has real professionals behind when it comes to foreign policy for example in fact interesting lee enough some of the most diverse faces are also the most moderate members of the cabinet structural racism is just one of the complex problems that president biden has promised to address with rapid action he takes office in the midst of an unprecedented crisis in the face of mismanagement at federal level the u.s. has seen the most covert deaths of any country worldwide and that has had deep repercussions on the economy here's a closer look at the new president's tough priorities. fighting the coronavirus the u.s. . seen the most coben 1000 deaths of any country worldwide. what will joe biden do

differently he plans to invest $160000000000.00 in testing vaccines and health personnel and impose a mask mandate. rebuilding the u.s. economy in light of the devastating economic impact of the pandemic biden has announced a $1.00 trillion dollars stimulus program. it includes massive investments in businesses research and infrastructure. increasing action on climate change. joe biden has vowed to promptly rejoined the paris climate agreement he also wants the u.s. to be climate neutral by 2050. overhauling trump's immigration policies joe biden will overturn the travel ban for citizens from several muslim countries. he also wants to open

a path to citizenship for millions of migrants who currently live in the u.s. without a residency permit. with these measures biden intends to quickly reverse the policies of his predecessor but could that jeopardize attempts at reconciliation with trump supporters. that you biden seems to be assuming that pandemic recovery in both the health and economic senses is something that can unify and really bring both sides together but even mask where it became a partisan issue under donald trump so 2 questions will that change and does biden need to bring in people attentions from the other side well to his reminding us in fact the democrats do have at least a thin majority in both houses of congress i think that mask wearing will remain a partisan issue i'm not sure how much that will matter in the long term because of the availability of vaccines and so many people have had. covert now in the united

states to be offset you know your your protocol point where you know the mask might not matter as much as it does in other countries i think that biden will need cooperation from the other side on a lot of these fronts he does have a majority for the next 2 years in 2 years they're going to be new elections be term elections as they're called united states and in the house of representatives and in the senate and there you could see these majorities slip so i think he does need to move fast to get you know what he can through now and to not antagonize the republicans maybe too much that they're going to sort of seek revenge on his agenda so to your opening statement talked about policy for the middle class and in fact republicans who celebrated their great love for the middle class and also supported an enormous rise in the national debt are now pushing back on biden's recovery program saying it's much too generous how much can he achieve with this wafer thin majority he's got particularly in terms of the economic recovery well i think he

needs to make it a point to republicans and he has a good ally in janet yellen as treasury secretary designate that it's necessary to you know spend more to get the united states out of this economic crisis and he does need republicans because he wants to be able to legislate rather than do everything by executive order because you have a president like the paris climate accord or the iran deal where if the republicans do take the majority and 2022 and the congress they can easily reverse a lot of policies and i think also for immigration reform it would be very good to have republican support for comprehensive immigration reform molto with a view to the clock let me ask you to talk a little bit about the foreign policy implications of biden's priorities where do you see a real opportunities for transatlantic cooperation. trust i mean the real fight too was a session of we're calling the the the western world i mean if it's nato if it's europe

trans-atlantic relationship that's a goal in itself that it's revitalized and people are talking to each other not just about each other so i think strengthening of nato. germany has tests to put some more money in the defense budget. has to show willingness to to recognize american demands as reasonable and so i think if that is done we've done a lot but what about climate because climate was in fact one of the 1st things joe biden did right after he took office executive order returning like you i just have very very important and european markets and but climate climate change as well as the fight against climate change needs time if we talk about the next 2 years he might have a conference in the united states even in this year international conference about the climate i don't know but but but the fight against climate change the times and

perseverance his problem is he has to be fast with a lot of things. recalls i guess needs time but does he has he had just 2 years in 2 years if the senate is occupied with impeachment if they if he needs to reconcile 1st before he goes so there's a sense of urgency in doing things but there are trends against working against it matthew biden promised in his inaugural address i quote to repair relations with allies in order to jointly address present and future challenges your opening statement cast doubt on the success of the repair effort as it were which president future challenges do you think are going to be especially thorny for the transatlantic alliance well to begin i would say north stream too which is the pipeline between russia and germany that has been a thorn in the side of the u.s. and many other. german allies in europe for many years germany has shown no signs

of being willing to let go of that project that will remain a problem. mentioned the investment in defense in germany that will remain an issue but i think the really big looming issue is china the united states sees china as a massive threat to the western world and to the stability of the world as a whole europeans. don't appear to agree with that assessment this is a consensus in the united states between democrats and republicans we just saw the e.u. led by germany sign an investment pact with china against the objections of the incoming by the administration so i think that it's a little bit too simple to say you know the atmospherics are going to improve because by a nice guy i think it's going to remain very difficult. to take us back to our title for the last few seconds of the program we talked about the wrecking ball of trump ism house wrought irreversible damage in transatlantic relations

i mean it definitely has caused a lot of mistrust among europeans about america but i do believe that joe biden has a chance to show europeans and others that america is back in its traditional role but will approach things differently with more restraint and humility thank you very much great closing words for our show on the new president joe biden thanks to all of you out there for tuning in.

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