of democratic elections in latin america who has been elected." donald trump hasn't called many of the people in his own country who received bombs in the mail this month. he did make time for a congratulatory call to bolsonaro. here to talk about what is going on here in america and beyond new yorker staff writer, the future is history, how totalitarianism reclaimed russia. >> hi, chris. >> you have been thinking about and writing about sort of or authoritarianism, democratic retreat and decline in the russian context, in the american context. >> i can become a universalist. >> it does seem like there is a moment in the world right now where all of the trends that you put your finger on are on the rise. >> right. and, you know, what we know -- and i know people cringe at this comparison, but what we know from the 1930s is that there are moments in world history when the world seems unstable and the world is scared of its own future to willingly sort of give itself over to these kinds of demagogues. >> what is your theory about this moment and the cultivation