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on february 21, 2017, you wrote, welcome to the shock event designed precisely to jar the political system and civil society, causing a disorientation and disruption among the public and the political class that aids a leader in consolidating his power. from their actions and pronouncements, we cannot exclude an intention to carry out a type of coup, february 1, 2017. at the time, a lot of people thought that was hyperbole. what did you see that many people didn't end up seeing until after the november election leading up to january 6? >> yes, one of those pieces you don't want to write and you hope, you fervently hope that you're wrong. and i saw immediately, i had been studying fascism and authoritarian regimes for so long, that this was not going to be a presidency like any other, republican or democratic, that