“We’re in a partly Berlusconi moment where….the spectacle of politics has taken over. And again, the big themes of conflicts of interest, of hiring family, of kleptocracy….It’s a debasement of civic life, of the tone of politics, of everything.”

by | Aug 15, 2018 | Donald Trump

Quote from an interview in Background Briefing with Ian Masters podcast on Berlusconi-Putin and Trump-Putin. The interview explores how America under the vulgarian Trump is beginning to resemble Italy under the scandal-plagued Berlusconi. August 15, 2018

“Trump has been saying for a long time things like, ‘I am the only one who matters,’” Ben-Ghiat said. “The idea that his instincts are what guide him and he doesn’t need any experts is part of this … That’s all typical of the authoritarian way of doing things.”

by | Jun 11, 2018 | Donald Trump, Interviews

Quote from “Going it Alone: Trump Increasingly Relies on Unilateral Action to Wield Power,” article by Ashley Parker in The Washington Post. June 11, 2018 Read the entire article at the Washington Post.