It’s been a massive week in American politics…

From President Trump’s impeachment trial, to the Democratic primaries to Wednesday’s State of the Union address, a lot has happened in the space of just a few days.

Welcome to season 3 of Please Explain. This week Tory Maguire talks to North American correspondent Matthew Knott to decode this past week in US Politics.

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