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Supporters. one was saying -- i was talking to him, and the person said, you know, i go through what he did every day, and he listed it. talked about the vanity, the lying, the self-serving. he said, every one of those things are the antithesis of what jesus christ did and what jesus christ taught. like i said, you look at every single one of the beatitudes. jesus says, these are those. trump does the opposite of it. and the answer was, and the answer i always hear is, "well, yes, thats true. he...

He just got given a third term in china. and basically caught the presidency for. life and their argument is democracy is dysfunctional. democracies chaotic, democracy is not trustworthy. if you want to have stability, and prosperity. invest in strongmen. theyve had some tough blows recently to that theory. chiefly their zero covid policy. which caused huge uproar in the country, protest, and their force in the face of public pressure. to shift course. now, if the united states engages in a self...

Removing the works of several black authors deemed problematic by florida officials. the college board, however rejects any notion that they caved to political pressure. but what is the cost of whitewashing this final portion of american history? lets ask professor of history at nyu ruth bin yacht. she is author of strongmen, mussolini to the present. professor, thank you for joining us. look, ron desantis is there in florida. you know, this looks like it could be addressed rehearsal for the 202...

Thank you so much for joining me tonight. coming, up trump impersonate rhonda scent is takes a shot of the man leading his party. brewing showdown between the two florida strongmen. next. strongmen. next

Is much more developed. it depends a lot where we are talking about. but it is a huge sector in brazil. one of the most developed sectors in the brazilian economy for sure. >> i know that lula, the democratically elected leader has mentioned that their intent and finding out who is financing this push towards autocratic anti-democratic forces. we will be following this story there as we follow it here. it is so nice to have you onset, thank you for your reporting, thank you for the time. interna...

Changing world, and one thing that my research shows is that these kinds of. strongmen and authoritarian regimes have an appeal when a society has gone through a lot of change. and so trump, we were right for this, after eight years of an american african president the people never accepted, you let women in the military, and so some people loved this, but other people feel like they are losing their status. there has been a lot of this in the world, and that partly explains the appeal of these ...

Affair analyst guga chacra, for global tv, which is of course, brazils largest tv network. its great to have you here. now lets turn to ruth -- a history professor at new york university, and author of strongmen, mussolini to the president. thank you so much for joining us tonight as we kind of contemplate what january 6th has done around the world. when you look at what happened in brazil, this just on its face, is xerox copy of what was done on january 6th? >> no, its not. you do have a playbo...

For granted. it is in these strongman types, where they often come from the media experience, massive communications experience. they are extremely skilled and using emotions. like trump and bolsonaro would tell their supporters that they loved them, trumpeted that in january 6th, "i love you". they would seem to be addressing the problems of a changing world, and one thing that my research shows is that these kinds of; strongmen and authoritarian regimes have an appeal when a society has gone t...

Okay, ruth, you have studied dictators and strongmen throughout the world history. is political violence usually the result of the strongman losing power? >> this is part of the strongman playbook. these people cannot leave office quietly in part because they are corrupt and they fear prosecution and in fact, in a situation, with luiz inácio lula da silva, the new president, already an office, and bolsonaro is in florida, but not just sulking. we have videos of him eating at kfc and we can laug...

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