Autocracy And President Trump

Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 12:28 p.m.

This episode originally aired on Jan. 11, 2020. Continuing his unfounded claim that the 2020 election was stolen, outgoing President Donald Trump earlier this month incited a violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol. A New York University history professor who studies autocratic rulers says the insurrection attempt and the fervent allegiance displayed by Trump’s followers are straight out of the authoritarian playbook.