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Noam Chomsky: 'Trump is the defender stabbing you in the back' - BBC Newsnight
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4:02Now PlayingThe philosopher speaks to Newsnight on the eve of the 2018 US mid-terms.
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Mr Chomsky tells Emily Maitlis that President Donald Trump's "rhetorical excesses" were undertaken to show "I'm really your defender ... I'm working for you, I'm gonna protect you... while quietly I'm stabbing you in the back constantly".
The November elections will decide who controls Congress, but have also been seen as a referendum on Mr Trump.
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