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Maddow: Trump is an 'authoritarian leader' right now
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August 9, 2025
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August 9, 2025
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2:39Now Playing"We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country."
Rachel Maddow discusses what life in the United States has felt like under the Trump administration and their use of "secret police" to go after immigrants in this country. "Life has not stopped and none of our personal lives have stopped," said Maddow, "But also at the same time, life in the United States is profoundly changing, is profoundly different than it was even six months ago."
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