Rage against the machine: Samantha Bee

When Bee speaks, five million Americans listen. Marion McKeone meets Donald Trump's enemy number one in Washington DC

Samantha Bee: ‘Even if Full Frontal was cancelled after six episodes, at least we’d have made the six episodes that we would want to watch’ Pic: Peter Wang

Late-night comic and satirist Samantha Bee may have her work cut out creating even more outrageous comedy from the already bizarre utterings of the current US president Donald Trump, but she believes it is essential for comedians to keep needling away at the White House, writes Marion McKeone in Washington DC.

Lunchtime on a humid Saturday afternoon in Washington DC, and the sight of women in evening gowns and tuxedoed men is a ...