Following on from the success of the 'Road to the White House' series, The Balance now has a dedicated section exploring the second presidential term of Donald J. Trump.
A 'redux' is something that is brought back or revived - which sums up the return of Trump to the White House. The question is how different it will be to his first term, and what effect that will have on the United States and the rest of the world.
Building on a 16 year background of covering U.S. politics, Kamahl will bring you his balanced take on the latest developments in the Trump Administration - as ever, based on knowledge and experience, but driven by data and precedent.
20 MARCH 2025
LEAVITT OR LEAVE IT?
She is Donald Trump's mouthpiece, and is very, very good at it. But Karoline Leavitt also has political ambitions - could we be looking at America's first female president, in the making?
14 MARCH 2025
RE:BALANCE WITH KAMAHL SANTAMARIA
Donald Trump’s plan is to run the U.S. economy (into the ground) with tariffs. Which is stupid. Or is it? (no, it IS stupid). But his long-term plan doesn’t not make sense either… if that makes sense?
27 FEBRUARY 2025
'TRUMP GAZA': TROLLING OR TAUNTING?
The AI-generated video showing a Vegas-like Gaza Strip was in poor taste, but the content is arguably the lesser of two evils.
25 FEBRUARY 2025
WOULD YOU CALL PUTIN A DICTATOR?
Donald Trump says he doesn't use words like that lightly, but history begs to differ...
21 FEBRUARY 2025
RE:BALANCE WITH KAMAHL SANTAMARIA
A month of the Trump Redux, and it's almost impossible to look away. This podcast attempts to sort the important information from the noise - and there is plenty of both.
19 FEBRUARY 2025
"YOU SHOULD HAVE NEVER STARTED IT"
Donald Trump seems to have forgotten who started the war in Ukraine, and that it's not up to a country that's been invaded to make a deal to end it.
14 FEBRUARY 2025
FREE SPEECH IN THE GULF OF AMEREXICO?
Donald Trump's "renaming" of the Gulf of Mexico isn't the major problem here - it's the White House punishing news organisations for not conforming to his new name for it.
24 JANUARY 2025
RE:BALANCE WITH KAMAHL SANTAMARIA
With the start of the second Trump Administration, this podcast explores what the media and the public can do if they truly want to limit their 'Trump intake'.
6 NOVEMBER 2024
SOME EARLY THOUGHTS ON TRUMP'S WIN
Recorded at 1:30am Eastern time (before Donald Trump's electoral college win was confirmed, but when it was clear he could not be beaten)