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“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.”

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jul 25, 2019 | Donald Trump

Quote from “A Fascist Trump Rally In Greenville” article in The Huffington Post July 18, 2019 Read the rest of the article at the Huffington Post.

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

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jul 6, 2019 | Donald Trump

Quote from “Trump’s Fourth of July Takeover Was Inevitable” article in The Atlantic “ Read the full article at The Atlantic.

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

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jul 4, 2019 | Donald Trump

Quote from “Trump’s Controversial “Salute to America” July Fourth Event, Explained” article in Vox. July 3, 2019 Read the rest of the article at Vox.

“War evokes our sense of national identity, establishes an “us vs. them” framework and forces us to choose sides.”

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jun 14, 2019 | Fascism, Interviews

Quote from “The Eternal Mystery Of Fascism Is: Why Did So Many People Buy Into It?” interview by Eve Gerber on Fivebooks.com. June 14, 2019 In an era of Trumpism and fake news, the word ‘fascist’ is thrown around with increasing ease and little attention...

“Trump is a marketing master…he’s very dangerous because he knows exactly how to communicate.”

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | May 6, 2019 | Donald Trump, Hate Speech and Propaganda

MSNBC, May 6, 2019 Quote from “The Creeping Authoritarianism of Donald Trump” interview on MSNBC.

“… authoritarians are continually testing the boundaries to see what they can get away with, and everything he does is a challenge to Democrats to mount some response against him,”

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | May 6, 2019 | Donald Trump, Interviews

Quote from “Two more years? Trump’s retweet sets off a furor over the idea of bonus time.” article by Ashley Parker in The Washington Post. May 6, 2019 Read the full article at The Washington Post.
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