General Michael Flynn discusses his role as an informal adviser to the presumptive US Republican presidential nominee.
From: Fault Lines
The Rise of Trump
Fault Lines travels across the US to find out how Donald Trump became the Republican Party’s presidential nominee.
17 Jul 2016
Related
![Supporters of Donald Trump shout at anti-Trump demonstrators outside a campaign event for Republican presidential candidate in San Diego, California on May 27 [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/11685d5002f44f02807c811db2359d28_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The racialised and nativist hostility Trump has exploited will not evaporate with his defeat.
![A figure depicting Donald Trump was displayed at an event in Germany last February [Federico Gambarini/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/a320f118c2ea4b8d821629f1dc65428f_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Survey in six US-allied countries show 78 percent of all respondents “dislike” or “hate” the Republican candidate.
![Trump did not pardon himself, members of his family or lawyer Rudy Giuliani [File/Evan Vucci/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP21016853639378.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![President Donald Trump, accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, waves as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, January 20, 2021 [Carlos Barria/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-20T140744Z_702665656_RC2QBL955IDK_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![United States President Joe Biden delivers a speech after he was sworn in as the 46th US president on the West Front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 20, 2021 [Jim Bourg/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-20T172401Z_809747078_HP1EH1K1CC178_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-INAUGURATION.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and their spouses, Dr Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff have arrived at the US Capitol ahead of the inauguration [Joe Raedle/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1297436092.jpg?resize=170%2C113)