"As scholars of authoritarianism have long advised, believe the autocrat when he speaks. The problem is that too few Americans believed in the concept of an American autocrat. Pundits ignored the threat of Trump enacting these policies through executive power. Enjoy hindsight while you can, Americans, the administration of “alternative facts” may rewrite your regrets as applause."
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"Trump’s America, where even park employees have become enemies of the state", The Guardian (January 29, 2017)
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Sarah Kendzior
Sarah J. Kendzior (born September 1, 1978) is an American author, anthropologist, researcher, and scholar. Kendzior is the author of The View from Flyover Country – a collection of essays first published as articles by Al Jazeera – and is a former co-host of the Gaslit Nation podcast. Her second book, Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America, published in In 2020, was a New York Times bestseller. Her third book, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps
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