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The 40-year-old adviser to the US president has been the frontman of Trump's recent Greenland grab threats and capture of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. How did a kid from liberal Santa Monica become a hardline conservative? And how is his worldview shaping American policy?
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Guest: David Charter, assistant editor, The Times (US).
Host: Rosie Wright.
Producers: Taryn Siegel and Micaela Arneson.
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