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# Jesse Armstrong on the roots of Succession: ‘Would it have landed the same way without the mad bum-rush of Trump’s presidency?’
- URL: https://werd.io/jesse-armstrong-on-the-roots-of-succession-would-it-have/
- Published: 2023-05-30T15:03:46.000Z
- Updated: 2023-05-30T15:03:46.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:21

“I guess the simple things at the heart of Succession ended up being Brexit and Trump. The way the UK press had primed the EU debate for decades. The way the US media’s conservative outriders prepared the way for Trump, hovered at the brink of support and then dived in.” [#Culture](https://werd.io/tag/Culture)

\[[Link](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/27/jesse-armstrong-on-the-roots-of-succession-bum-rush-trump-presidency)\]