Is Trump’s authoritarian lurch following the playbook of Iran’s Ahmadinejad?
by Robert Tait in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6W94X)
The US president's rapid dismantling of democratic norms has sent scholars scrambling for global precedents
It reads like an inventory of Donald Trump's first two months back in the White House.
A newly elected demagogic president, renowned for his rabble-rousing rallies and provocative stunts, makes a whirlwind start on taking office.
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