greg swenson is from republicans overseas uk. i spoke to him a little earlier. well, i think you have to have some balance and perspective. it was his speech on the last night of the convention. i guess if you wanted to look at vp biden and senator parris walking out with the masks, there is clearly a difference between the parties on where they rank the priorities, and it is amazing, the partisan difference, and when they poll democrats, by all means, over 7596 poll democrats, by all means, over 75% say the pandemic is the biggest issue, and when they poll republicans, it's the economy. and i think what he is trying to message is that a thriving economy is not incompatible with managing the virus. and it is important to balance both. but the economy isn't thriving and the virus isn't partisan, and this was the biggest

let's speak now to greg swenson from republicans overseas uk.s this morning on bbc news, greg swenson. i think the thing we have to begin with is that more than 1000 people we re with is that more than 1000 people were watching donald trump there at the white house last night with barely a mask insight and no social distancing, as the death toll, as you will know, in the us, from covid, is 180,000, and rising. was that the act of a president who is desperate to say that everything is fine? well, i think you have to have some balance and perspective. it was his speech on the last night of the convention. i guess if you wanted to look at vp biden and senator parry is walking out with the masks, there is walking out with the masks, there is clearly a difference between the parties on where they rank the priorities, and it is amazing, the partisan difference. democrats, by all means, over 75% in a poll say that the pandemic is the biggest issue, and for the republicans, it's the economy. i think what he is trying to message is that a thriving econom

joining me now is greg swenson, founding partner of brigg macadam.rst of all on donald trump's us against the world message there and that world, particularly being china. very, very clear where he stands. sure. yeah, it's a good point andi sure. yeah, it's a good point and i think we saw that four yea rs and i think we saw that four years ago in the campaign of 2016, he's had this populist appeal and having some sort of appeal and having some sort of a fight always works for the president. in this case i think the difference this time around as the rest of the world has come around to the fact that the trade with the chinese was not actually free and fair trade, so while it did have a more populist appeal four years ago i think has got a much more broad appeal now. the president is living with that, you saw that in the speech but i think there is a fair amount of support globally now for fixing the china problem, so to speak. and there is more thanjust rhetoric there, he's going to impose tariffs on us companies, basically if they are going to expor

greg swenson from republicans overseas uk.rime minister, shinzo abe, has announced he is stepping down because of ill health. abe, who is 65, has suffered from the disease ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease, for many years, but his condition has worsened. in 2007, he resigned abruptly from an earlier term as prime minister because of his struggles with his condition. in recent months, his government has faced severe criticism over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which many people injapan view as being too slow and uncoordinated. shinzo abe had recently become the country's longest continuously serving prime minister, and has no clear successor. this was the moment mr abe confirmed he would be stepping down. translation: even though i have one year to go translation: even though i have one yearto go in translation: even though i have one year to go in my tenure, and with other challenges that have not been addressed yet amid the coronavirus outbreak, i decided to step down as the prime minister. i would

we can speak now to greg swenson from republicans abroad. thank you very much forjoining us.ats of trying to steal the election. the commissioner of the federal election commission said there is no basis that of the conspiracy theory that voting by mail will lead to fraud. there could be delays because of cuts to the postal service. this is characterisation helpful?” cuts to the postal service. this is characterisation helpful? i don't think it is too helpful to get too bogged down, i think it is more of a distraction. it is not that there has been cuts to the post office. the post office has been losing money for a long time and it has been supported by the treasury because of that. these changes in the post office have been going on for decades. i think what the democrats have done is made an issue of the post office where it really shouldn't be. sorry to interrupt. going into an election in a well established democracy talking about the opposition potentially stealing the opposition potentially stealing the election because of fraud, is that helpful? what does that do to v