The Frightening Pace at Which the United States is Embracing Authoritarianism
We begin with the frightening pace at which the United States is embracing authoritarianism after 76 million Americans made a suicide pact with Trump, voting to end the world’s oldest and most enduring democracy and handing over the country’s future to carnival barking conman and wannabe mob boss who is replacing competence with loyalty while inviting in an era of unbridled corruption. Joining us is Nicholas Grossman, a Senior Editor of Arc Digital and a professor of political science at the University of Illinois. He is the author Drones and Terrorism: Asymmetric Warfare and the Threat to Global Security.
Why is it Trump’s Priority to Attack Allies Like Canada While Cozying up to Enemies Like Putin?
Then with Trump announcing today that beginning on March 12 he will levy a 25% import tax on all steel and aluminum from Canada which is the top exporter of both metals vital to the US automobile, construction and other industries. Joining us to assess why it is Trump’s priority to attack America’s closest allies while cozying up to its enemies like Putin is, Lucan Way, a Distinguished Professor of Democracy in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His books include Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes after the Cold War and Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism, co-authored with Steven Levistky. He and Steve Levitsky also have an article at Foreign Affairs we discuss, “The Path to American Authoritarianism: What Comes After Democratic Breakdown.”