Obama warns the U.S. is ‘dangerously close’ to slipping into autocracy under Trump
June 19, 2025
3,937,999
160,311
12,951
4.40%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
MSNBC Episodes Around June 19, 2025
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
2:27Now PlayingObama warns the U.S. is ‘dangerously close’ to slipping into autocracy under Trump
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelFormer President Barack Obama issued a warning about the future of American democracy, cautioning that the country is “dangerously close” to normalizing behavior “consistent with autocracies.”
Speaking at an event in Hartford, Connecticut, he offered thinly veiled criticism of President Donald Trump and questioned the administration’s commitment to democracy.
“If you follow regularly what is said by those who are in charge of the federal government right now, there is a weak commitment to what we understood — and not just my generation, at least since World War II — our understanding of how a liberal democracy is supposed to work."
For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here
» Subscribe to MSNBC
» Subscribe to MSNBC on TikTok
» Subscribe to MSNBC on Instagram
Download our new MSNBC app for the latest breaking news and daily headlines at a glance
Follow MSNBC Show Blogs
MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of political headlines, commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Inside with Jen Psaki, Morning Joe, The Beat, Deadline: White House, All In, The Last Word, The 11th Hour, and more.
Connect with MSNBC Online
Visit msnbc.com
Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.