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So this is the explanation from the BBC World Service, recorded on the 18th of February.
I'm John Simpson, and you're listening to Unspun World,
the programme that goes behind the headlines to find out what's really going on.
This week, how bad a state is the Transatlantic Alliance in?
Europe is kind of now trying to navigate a new way, a new path.
trying to deal with a very unpredictable Trump White House.
With American warships off its coast, is Iran's theocratic regime going to survive?
The Iranian government is very weak at the moment establishment.
However, we were talking about a support base that is based on ideology and fanaticism.
And the Trump administration aims to upend America's key environmental regulations.
What will the consequences be?
Trump very much has nailed his colours to the mast and is very much focusing on what he calls American energy dominance,
doubling down on the use of fossil fuels.