American singer and actor Billy Porter, who has previously headlined at Pride London and is an important critic of the US system of government, appeared on BBC2's Newsnight programme on Friday 20th June. Mr Porter, who speaks eloquently on the intersections of race, class and sexuality in the States, discussed Donald Trump's administration and identified in it a reaction to Barak Obama's term in office. Mr Obama, as a mixed race man, was never intended to break the American system to become President, he said, and now the forces of white supremacy are int