June 26, 2026 - "American Week": Trump takes a first crack at Burnham, while Democratic Socialists challenge their party's elite

Simon's weekly chronicle of events in the USA for LBC's Friday night drivetime programme, this week presented by Ben Kentish.  Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm or find it here on-demand afterwards.

This week:
--Trump gives Burnham a kicking while also giving Starmer a kicking;
--NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte prostrates himself before Trump again;
--left-wing Democrats romp to victory in primary elections;
--America's 250th birthday celebrations get off to a lukewarm start.