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Donald Trump Is 'Living in Fear' and Building an 'Inner Sanctum' of Loyal Sycophants, Expert Warns

Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat says Donald Trump shows patterns she associates with strongmen, warning that fear, loyalty tests and insulated advisers can erode sound political decision-making over time.

International Business Times UK · Sep 9

Trump’s shoe gifts keep Cabinet in line

The Florsheim presents aren’t about style — they reveal the mechanics of MAGA authoritarianism and if it can endure

Salon · Mar 19

They said Trumpism was fading

Mainstream commentators said Donald Trump’s authoritarian campaign was exhausted. They were very wrong

Salon · Feb 5

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American democracy on the brink a year after Trump’s inauguration, experts say

Scale and speed of president’s moves have stunned observers of authoritarian regimes – is the US in democratic peril?

The Guardian - US · Jan 21

States' rights, but only for GOP states

The once hallowed GOP concept is under threat by a would-be king

Salon · Jun 16, 2025

‘The language of authoritarianism’: how Trump and allies cast LA as a lawless city needing military intervention

As a pretext to sending in the national guard, the White House marked the Ice protests as a broader threat to the US

The Guardian - US · Jun 10, 2025

Team Trump's "many mistakes" catch up

We are in the middle of Trump’s radicalization towards fascism

Salon · Jun 5, 2025

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MAGA is the revenge of the mediocre

"I will not be pushed out by two billionaire trust fund babies"

Salon · Jan 31, 2025

Did Elon Musk give a Nazi or Roman salute, and what’s the difference?

Historians say Musk clearly made Nazi salute – but supporter claims he was inspired by Roman greeting adopted by Benito Mussolini

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025

Trump’s promotion of an image of strength after assassination attempt borrows from authoritarian playbook

In the days since the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, supporters of the former president have used the incident to project an image of power.

The Conversation · Jul 25, 2024

Experts warn of a Trump autocracy

Speakers at a bipartisan summit in New York warned of the dire consequences of a second Trump term

Salon · Jul 24, 2024

Trump gloried in political violence for years. Will surviving an assassination attempt change his rhetoric?

Trump promises ‘unity’ when he accepts the Republican nomination for president. But after the threat to his life, Trump’s allies have shut down criticism of the ex-president as an act of violence itself, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2024

‘Rule of the lawless’: what does the authoritarian playbook look like?

Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a historian and professor, on the contemporary threat of authoritarianism in the US

The Guardian - US · Jul 13, 2024

This Fourth of July, it’s hard to feel optimistic about the US. But I have hope

Let’s remember that we’ve come a long way – and the journey isn’t yet complete

The Guardian - US · Jul 4, 2024

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Salon · Apr 4, 2024

A dangerous return to denial

One of the many reasons why the mainstream news media has lost credibility with huge swaths of the public

Salon · Apr 1, 2024

"Continuing the coup of January 6"

"This level of attack on a public figure — if I were Judge Merchan, I would be putting that in the pot"

Salon · Mar 22, 2024

Why Trump loves violence — and needs it

Fascism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat says MAGA violence is a grave danger — no matter how the 2024 election turns out

The Guardian - US · Jan 25, 2024

We must start urgently talking about the dangers of a second Trump presidency

With New Hampshire behind, the question isn’t who’s running but whether US democracy will endure

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The Guardian - US · Jan 10, 2024

Hunter Biden makes appearance at his own contempt of Congress hearing

US president’s son sat in front row as House oversight committee debated his refusal to comply with subpoena for testimony

WEKU · Jan 4, 2024

The Trump campaign embraces Jan. 6 rioters with money and pardon promises

Three years after supporters of Donald Trump violently stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the future of the criminal cases against the rioters may hinge on the presidential election.

Salon · Dec 18, 2023

Trumpers defend speech parroting Hitler

"I could care less what language people use as long as we get it right,” says Lindsey Graham

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2023

Trump’s ‘poisoning the blood of the country’ slur alarms critics: ‘Parroted Hitler’

His statements were roundly condemned as a warning of his increasingly authoritarian rhetoric

Salon · Dec 7, 2023

Trump's rumored "cabinet of losers"

Axios report cites non-attorney Stephen Miller as possible attorney general — and MTG as veep

Salon · Dec 7, 2023

The time to push back on Trump is now

As Trump returns to his old playbook, defenders of democracy must not lose hope

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2023

Trump’s violent rhetoric charts his campaign warpath

Republicans shrug at Trump's dangerous attacks while his authoritarian vision collides with multiple criminal and civil trials against him, Alex Woodward reports

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