{"id":319535,"date":"2026-02-20T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author-george-saunders-says-donald-trump-governs-with-incoherence-and-cruelty-in-the-us\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:00:10","slug":"author-george-saunders-says-donald-trump-governs-with-incoherence-and-cruelty-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author-george-saunders-says-donald-trump-governs-with-incoherence-and-cruelty-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Author George Saunders says Donald Trump &#8220;governs with incoherence and cruelty&#8221; in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/d72XJFRqTHA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Author George Saunders says Donald Trump &quot;governs with incoherence and cruelty&quot; in the US\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d72XJFRqTHA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Author George Saunders says Donald Trump &quot;governs with incoherence and cruelty&quot; in the US.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest episode of our Ways to Change the World, the writer behind novel Lincoln in the Bardo told Krishnan Guru-Murthy that the &quot;most precious commodity in America right now is the ability to recognise truth, even in a thunderstorm of falsity&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author George Saunders says Donald Trump &quot;governs with incoherence and cruelty&quot; in the US. 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