Anne ApplebaumMay 25, 2023

"When authoritarian leaders lose office, they come back, like, 10 times worse — they never get less extreme, they always get more extreme....January 6 was a profoundly radicalizing event for the base, for the GOP and for Trump himself, because even assaulting the Capitol you could get away with..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/24/trump-language-policy-2024-race/

The deepening radicalization of Donald J. Trump

Watch how the former president’s positions and rhetoric have grown more confrontational and extreme as he seeks a second term.

The Washington Post
Show threadLawrence London
@anneapplebaum The thing is that they really are as dangerous as you describe and a very real threat to those of us in the United States and they support the Putin regime and its expansionist actions. The US far right under trump and the like have declared war on the rest of us US citizens and are also expansionist with their agenda and its goals.
May 28, 2023 at 2:16amWeb