The Despot’s Apprentice: Donald Trump’s Attack on Democracy

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”[A] primer on the threat to democracy posed by―and I will be able to’t imagine I’m saying this―the current president of the US.”
―David Litt, New York Times bestselling author

Donald Trump isn’t a despot. But he’s more and more acting like The Despot’s Apprentice, an understudy in authoritarian tactics that threaten to erode American democracy, including:

  • Attacking the press
  • Threatening rule of law by firing those who investigate his alleged wrongdoings
  • Using nepotism to staff the White House
  • and countless other techniques

    Donald Trump is borrowing tactics from the world’s dictators and despots. Trump’s fascination with the military, his obsession with his own cult of personality, and his deliberate campaign to blur the line between fact and falsehood are nothing new to the world of despots. But they’re new to the US. With each authoritarian tactic or tweet, Trump poses a unique threat to democratic government on the planet’s most powerful democracy.

    At the same time, Trump’s apprenticeship has serious consequences beyond the US. His strange adoration and idolization of despotic strongmen―from Russia’s Putin, to Turkey’s Erdogan, or to the Philippines’ Duterte―has transformed American foreign policy into a powerful cheerleader for one of the crucial world’s worst regimes.

    In The Despot’s Apprentice, an ex-US campaign advisor who has sat with the world’s dictators explains Donald Trump’s more and more authoritarian tactics and how Trump uniquely threatens American democracy… and how to reserve it from him.

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