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Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook

To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes·Jan 15, 2026·43:19·pending

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Jonathan Rauch, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and contributing writer at The Atlantic, joins Charlie to explain why he thinks Trump is following a European authoritarian playbook.

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