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In his Veteran\\u2019s day speech a couple of weeks ago former President Donald Trump said this about his political enemies;

TRUMP: the threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous and grave than the threat from within. We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country.\\xa0

Jeff Sharlet, author of\\xa0The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, argues that\\xa0Trump\'s\\xa0narratives of martyrdom, a persecuted in-group, a mysterious out-group, and a rhetoric of violence are all hallmarks of fascism. Brooke\\xa0spoke with Sharlet in June about\\xa0what the rhetoric, aesthetics, and myth-making of\\xa0Trump and the movement he rode to power can tell us about a rising fascist movement in the United States, and why Sharlet argues we\'re in the midst of a slow civil war.\\xa0\\xa0

This is a segment from our June 16, 2023 show,\\xa0Indicted (Again).\\xa0