by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | May 30, 2024 | Donald Trump And the GOP
Lucid, May 30, 2024 Day after day they appeared, many of them dressed in dark suits and red ties, in homage to their leader. They came from Washington D.C. or from the states that had sent them to Congress to do damage control and prop up a personality cult that... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Mar 20, 2024 | Donald Trump And the GOP
CNN, March 4, 2023 Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Viktor Orban, Adolf Hitler, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong-un, Saddam Hussein: What do they have in common? All of these authoritarians have reportedly drawn praise from former US president — and now GOP presidential... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jul 21, 2023 | Donald Trump And the GOP
MSNBC, July 19, 2023 Former President Donald Trump’s plans to reshape the federal government to give himself vast personal powers if he returns to the White House in 2025 would make the United States similar to authoritarian systems in which the executive branch... by Michael Benghiat | Jan 20, 2022 | Donald Trump And the GOP
MSNBC, January 20, 2022 A new wave of extremist party loyalists — at the federal, state and even local level — want to help ensure Trumpism’s success in the midterms and beyond. Read the full article here. by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Dec 20, 2021 | Donald Trump And the GOP
MSNBC, December 20, 2021 American Jews who continue to support Trump and the GOP might take a cue from the experiences of Italian Jews under fascism. Read the full article here. by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Dec 9, 2021 | Donald Trump And the GOP
NBC Think, December 9, 2021 The governor is a leader in GOP efforts to create environments conducive to authoritarianism, from opposing Covid vaccination mandates to critical race theory fearmongering. Read the full article here.