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Ruth and Sarah Kendzior discuss Trump’s authoritarianism:

Ruth and Sarah Kendzior discuss Trump’s authoritarianism:

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jul 29, 2020 | Authoritarianism, Donald Trump, Interviews, Podcasts

Fernand Amandi, Strange Days Podcast, July 23, 2020 Click the image to hear the discussion on Spotify:

“Many are scared to admit the truth about Trump and authoritarianism because then they might have to do something about it.”

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jul 29, 2020 | Authoritarianism, Donald Trump, Interviews, Podcasts

Chauncey DeVega, The Truth Report podcast, Salon, July 23, 2020

“Will Trump leave office if he loses in 2020?”

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jun 24, 2020 | Authoritarianism

Quote from “Fascism Expert: Don’t Expect Trump To Leave WH, If He Loses” article by Manny Otiko in Medium.com Medium.com, June 12, 2020 Read the full article at Medium.com

“Now more than ever, Trump “needs to keep his followers in his alternate reality, or the whole thing falls apart.”

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jun 4, 2020 | Authoritarianism

Washington Post, June 3, 2020 Read the full article at The Washington Post. (Note: if you do not have a subscription to The Washington Post, copy the link and paste it in an Incognito window to read it without a subscription.)

“Even more than censoring, which is old-school, rulers like Trump — and Putin is the master at this — manipulate opinion by manipulating information.”

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | May 15, 2020 | Authoritarianism, Interviews

Quote from “Something Has To Be Done: Trump’s Quest to Rewrite History of the Russia Probe” article by Philip Rucker in The Washington Post. February 15, 2020 Read the whole article at The Washington Post.

“All authoritarians rule by ‘divide and rule’; they like to pit everyone against each other so they can be supreme.”

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Apr 14, 2020 | Authoritarianism, Interviews

Quote from “Comparing Trump to Other Authoritarians” interview with Cenk Uyger, Conversation With The Young Turks April 13, 2020 Watch the interview on YouTube.
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