Historian Warns Trump Moving Towards Dictatorship FASTER Than Putin, Orban & Erdoğan Did
May 6, 2025
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19:54Now PlayingHistorian Warns Trump Moving Towards Dictatorship FASTER Than Putin, Orban & Erdoğan Did
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as posted by the channelDr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a professor of history at New York State University, warned that Trump is moving us towards a dictatorship faster than other democratically elected dictators in Russia, Turkey, and Hungary. She explains that the rapid change Trump is implementing more closely resembles “after there’s been a coup.” In this video we’ll discuss her comments and talk about how Putin, Erdoğan and Orban each incrementally consolidated power over the course of more than a decade. We’ll also talk about the importance of legitimacy, and why Trump may be undermining his own dictatorial ambitions by moving too fast.
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NPR (Levinsky)
Rolling Stone
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Associated Press (Civil Rights)
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LGBTQ Nation
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