Ebook: Trumpocracy
Author: Frum David
- Tags: Authoritarianism, Authoritarianism--United States, Political culture, Political culture--United States, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Fascism & Totalitarianism, Politics and government, Audiobooks, Trump Donald -- 1946-, United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-, Authoritarianism -- United States, Political culture -- United States, United States
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Language: English
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Bestselling author, former White House speechwriter, and Atlantic columnist and media commentator David Frum explains why President Trump has undermined our most important institutions in ways even the most critical media has missed, in this thoughtful and hard-hitting book that is a warning for democracy and America's future.
"From Russia to South Africa, from Turkey to the Philippines, from Venezuela to Hungary, authoritarian leaders have smashed restraints on their power. Media freedom and judicial independence have eroded. The right to vote remains, but the right to have one's vote counted fairly may not. Until the US presidential election of 2016, the global decline of democracy seemed a concern for other peoples in other lands. . . . That complacent optimism has been upended by the political rise of Donald Trump. The crisis is upon Americans, here and now."
Quietly, steadily, Trump and his administration are damaging the tenets and accepted practices of...