Trumps Mental State Suddenly Takes a Darker Turn: Ive Gotten Worse
Donald Trump took his authoritarian threats in a dark new direction during two new public appearances. He\xa0suggested\xa0our next election might be our last,\xa0reiterated\xa0in advance that the election will be rigged against him, and\xa0admitted\xa0all the post-assassination \u201cunity\u201d talk was nonsense, openly declaring: \u201cMaybe I\u2019ve gotten worse.\u201d We talked to Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of the \u201cLucid\u201d newsletter and the book \u201cStrongmen,\u201d who helps illuminate how Trump\u2019s form of politics requires keeping his followers in a frenzy of excitement about what the authoritarian leader plans to inflict on their imagined enemies. Listen to this episode\xa0here.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices