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The shadow looming over the fourth Republican debate was the party鈥檚 most recent president, Donald Trump.

But while the other candidates traded blows at one another, Trump was conspicuously absent, instead taking part in a town hall event on Tuesday evening.

He raised eyebrows when saying he would only be a dictator on 鈥榙ay one鈥� if elected president.

The Americast team chew over Trump鈥檚 comments 鈥� and the Republican debate 鈥� before speaking to GOP candidate Asa Hutchinson, the former governor of Arkansas who鈥檚 still in the race for the White House.

And, a clip of American university leaders has gone viral after they failed to say explicitly to Congress that calling for the genocide of Jewish people violated their schools code of conduct. The team assesses how we鈥檝e reached this point.

HOSTS:
鈥� Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
鈥� Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent
鈥� Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent

GUEST:
鈥� Asa Hutchinson, Republican presidential candidate

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This episode was made by George Dabby with Alix Pickles, Catherine Fusillo, Claire Betzer and Maia Davies. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is George Dabby. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.