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Is Trump’s America still a democracy? | Ruth Ben-Ghiat, autocracy schola...

TRUMPS FIRST 100 DAYS RESEMBLES A COUP Has the United States become an autocracy? As Donald Trump marks his 100th day in office, Ellen  Halliday and Alona Ferber are joined by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, scholar of authoritarianism and author of ‘Strongmen: from Mussolini to the present’ (2020). Ruth analyses the Trump administration’s rapid shift towards authoritarianism. She talks about Trump’s personality cult, how strongmen portray machismo and the potential for a female strongman figure. She also discusses how autocrats use corruption, violence and propaganda to stay in power, and how ICE roundups echo the past, resembling a “secret police force”. Ruth answers: can the Democrats can learn anything from Trump? What’s the best way to challenge an illiberal president? And how does this end? Doctor? Song by Orbital https://youtube.com/watch?v=-H_o6ncUz3g&si=7J5UYnv_M0MHmHfS Xymox : love thrills https://youtube.com/watch?v=nWxdwjm8iC8&si=g2LkPEN0ViGgGWEj Album: headcl...

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