Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Interview Archive: Donald Trump and Authoritarianism

ABC News Video: Trump escalates immigration rhetoric

January 9, 2020 Donald Trump and AuthoritarianismDonald TrumpFeatured

“The idea of shooting migrants comes up in his rallies… Trump laughed it off.”

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Slate Trumpcast: A Historical Lens on Trump’s Authoritarianism

January 9, 2020 Donald Trump and AuthoritarianismDonald TrumpFeaturedPodcast

How do Trump’s behaviors continue authoritarian traditions?

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Trump’s coziness with authoritarians is backfiring spectacularly in Syria

October 30, 2019 Donald Trump and AuthoritarianismBusiness InsiderDonald Trump

“The cost of allying with autocrats like Erdogan and Putin has never been clearer.”

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Staring down impeachment, Trump sees himself as a victim of historic proportions

October 20, 2019 Donald Trump and AuthoritarianismDonald TrumpThe Washington Post

“Trump’s Cult of Victimization”

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Dean Obedaillah Show, Sirius XM 10-01-2019

October 20, 2019 Donald Trump and AuthoritarianismDean ObedaillahDonald TrumpFeaturedSirius XM

“This is more of Trump’s Politics of Apocalypse.”

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CNN Tonight with Don Lemon Interview, August 5, 2019

August 22, 2019 Donald Trump and AuthoritarianismCNNDon LemonFeaturedVideo

“With a white nationalist in the White House stoking hatred and 400+ million guns in circulation, America is in uncharted terrain.”

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Trump’s controversial “Salute to America” July Fourth event, explained – Vox

July 25, 2019 Donald Trump and AuthoritarianismFeaturedVox

“Trump is turning American military might…,into a way to glorify himself and further an agenda which is seen as authoritarian.”

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Trump’s Fourth of July Takeover Was Inevitable – The Atlantic

July 25, 2019 Donald Trump and AuthoritarianismFeaturedThe Atlantic

“Trump has to colonize everything…Any holiday, any civic ritual, becomes a Trump ritual.”

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A Fascist Trump Rally In Greenville – Huffington Post

July 25, 2019 Donald Trump and AuthoritarianismFeaturedThe Huffington Post

“Trump has created a corps of supporters fanatically loyal to him who turn his latest racist messages into group rituals (chants, slogans) and who hate the people he tells them to.”

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RNC Giving Out Tickets To Trump’s Hijacked Fourth Of July Celebration – Huffington Post

July 25, 2019 Donald Trump and AuthoritarianismFeaturedThe Huffington Post

“The military has been domesticated. I think the will to resist him has evaporated.”

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an internationally renowned historian, speaker, and political commentator on fascism, authoritarian leaders, and propaganda. Author or editor of nine books and dozens of op-eds in CNN, The Washington Post, and more, she is Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University, and Advisor to Protect Democracy.

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