Kimberly Adams

Here we're paying so much attention to what's going on in Minneapolis and the widespread immigration raids all over the country, the various pullback of many of our democratic norms across parts of government.

What does that look like from a European perspective right now?

Well, thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us.

Paola Tama is a correspondent for the Financial Times covering the EU economy and I guess effectively the US economy from Brussels, Belgium.

Thank you so much for joining Make Me Smart.

Thanks so much for having me.

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