Richard Arnold

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3,583 appearances 59 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3d ago

Richard Arnold’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 59 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 15.

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The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on Trump's latest poll results, national debt hitting $40 trillion · 20 Aug 2026 podcast

Well, uh Trump won't like this latest one. voice-verified

Uh it shows that things are looking tough for the White House. voice-verified

In their survey, AIG, the American Research Group finds that just thirty percent of those question approve of the way Trump is handling things. voice-verified

Uh his disapproval on dealing with the economy is at sixty nine percent, while seventy nine percent say they expect the economy here will be worse one year from now. voice-verified

There are big concerns even among Republicans, twenty nine percent now saying they disapprove of how Trump is handling his job, while among Democrats the number who endorse Trump is yeah, one percent. voice-verified

Uh, the country's biggest retailer, Walmart, has posted its lowest increase in sales in six years, and consumers long have been the number one growth engine here. voice-verified

Meantime, Trump has been out touting his ballroom and the new fine granite White House helipad. voice-verified

I love construction. voice-verified

I'm very good at flagpes. voice-verified

One thing I know how to do is build. voice-verified

He says this area not only will be able to land any sort of helicopter, but I'm not kidding, he says it can be used to host cocktail parties in voice-verified

Between for important guests who then would move on to the ballroom, he says was inspired by the Palace of Versailles. voice-verified

Iran war, petrol prices, groceries, interest rates. voice-verified

What about some of those things is what a number of Republican lawmakers are asking the Trump team in the lead up to those midterm elections of which you speak. voice-verified

Also, renovating the White House has now put it around $900 million US, which was supposed to be covered by cont contributions. voice-verified

Now at least voice-verified

Half the ballroom bill will be drawn directly from taxpayers, is what they're saying. voice-verified

All this coming as the US national debt has hit forty trillion, with about one third of that being stacked up during the Trump terms. voice-verified

This is putting a squeeze on interest rates as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has intervened with a billion four billion dollar Treasury bond buyback that was meant to reassure the market and did so about voice-verified

Half a day. voice-verified

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