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Allow anyone to get too much power economically. that might translate into their ability to push back. that's the contradiction of xi jinping. it is interesting. in the last couple days, joe, and we talked about it a little bit, we're beginning to see articles appear. academics don't just publish articles in china like in the united states. it is not like mike mcfaul or me. they have political protection there. that suggests to me, for the first time, that xi jinping has clearly overreached. i'm not suggesting for a second that he is in dire trouble, but his ability to run china as a one-man s...

Truth and get back to it. and the current function here with trump in his party, in the purging, look, this is a mentality which you simply can't disagree with the president, the ex-president, and have a career in conservative politics or even a big career in conservative media. in fact, john goldberg has his own site now, the dispatch, had to carve out his own thing. so really, we're getting to a place where essentially there is only one safe course. it's to be with trump and most or all things. certainly, not to criticize him and i think we'll see in the next two years, in the midterms and r...

Peaceful transfer of power. >> this is the defining challenge of our time, democracy, government of the people, by the people, for the people can at times be fragile, but it also is inherently resilient, capable of self-correction and capable of self-improvement, and yes, democracy is hard, we all know that, it's the best way to unleash human potential and defend human dignity, and solve big problems. and it's up to us to prove that. >> straight to the white house and our chief correspondent kaitlan collins, talking globally about democracy, he has to have an in the moment real conversation in...

Resilient. it is capable of self-correction and it is capable of self-improvement and, yes, democracy is hard, we all know that. and it works best with consensus and cooperation. when people in parties that might have opposing views sit down, and find ways to work together, things begin to work. but it is the best way to unleash human potential and defend human dignity and solve big problems. it is up to us to prove that. democracies are not all the same. we don't agree on everything. all of us in this media today. but the choices we make together will define in my view the course of our share...

And its author, professor of history at yale university tim snyder joins us now. i appreciate you being on the show. i want to mention jeremy bash is still with us and joining us for this conversation as well. prompt snyder, the truth has been threatened many times over. especially during the trump administration on levels that i don't think we could ever have imagined. also characters like donald trump, the cult-like quality, however you want to describe it, being able to really galvanize people based on lies and conspiracy theories. explain how that leads -- seems obvious, but i would like y...