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?
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