Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Simon Marks is back with a jam-packed edition of American Week, in which we saw US debt rise to $40 trillion and all eyes turned to Trump's relationship with aide Natalie Harp.

0:08 | National debt reaches $40 trillion
3:46 | Social security is at ‘risk of collapse’
4:31 | Questions swirl about Trump’s top aide
8:20 | Melania makes a return to Washington
9:31 | USS Lincoln’s conditions criticised
11:29 | A disastrous television debate

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