How Trumps Ugliest Authoritarian Threats May Soon Blow Up In His Face
b'Donald Trump is now leveling his authoritarian threats right out in the open. He appears supremely confident that none of it will alienate swing voters. Now NBC News\\xa0reports\\xa0that the Biden campaign hopes to draw out this side of Trump at their upcoming debate\\u2014but\\xa0if Trump doesn\\u2019t see these things as liabilities, he may advertise them all over again when voters are paying attention. We talked to Slate legal writer Dahlia Lithwick, author of an\\xa0excellent new piece\\xa0outlining how Trump is running on an overt promise of authoritarianism, about whether voters will awaken to the threat he poses\\u2014and how this could cause his\\xa0confidence to blow up in his face.\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'