Trump's first statement as president, his inaugural address, was an unprecedented assault on American democracy and American values. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
The surge in right-wing populism and the phenomenon of Trump are related. You can think of them together as the same problem. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Elections are always a Rorschach test - people look at the results and see what they want to see. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
One knows, of course, that Donald Trump behaves differently from the leaders of other countries, especially the leaders of other Western democracies. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
European leaders have learned that there is no point in seeking agreement with Trump, for he doesn't respect those who do. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Politics in Slovakia had long been a battle between egotistical men. Caputova sought to be the anti-ego alternative. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
For some people, loud advocacy of Trump helps to cover up the deep doubt and even shame they feel about their support… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
The behavioral scientist Karen Stenner has written very eloquently about people who have what she calls an authoritarian predisposition, a personality type… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Donald Trump may undermine some of the traditional checks on the presidency: the press in particular, but also the various government and… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Romney was an excellent businessman with a strong record as a public servant - whereas Trump inherited wealth, went bankrupt more than… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
After Trump became president, it was really too late to investigate his dodgy investments in Azerbaijan or his links to Russian money… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Steve Bannon, the White House chief strategist, appears to imagine an alliance between Trump, Le Pen, Geert Wilders and Nigel Farage. Call… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Trump Tower is a beacon of aesthetic appeal by comparison to what the oligarchs build in their so-called cottages outside of Moscow.… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Profound political shifts - events that suddenly split families and friends, cut across social classes, and dramatically rearrange alliances - do not… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
All over the world, the Trump administration is pursuing a range of policies: tweeting insults at Maduro, negotiating with a defiant North… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
What is the appeal of Trump, really? It's nostalgic: "Make America great again." Like European nationalists, he has a vision of a… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Though the poorest Americans voted for Hillary Clinton, many relatively wealthy people voted for Trump and generally it's a mistake to think… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
I have been told by people close to Trump that "Brexit Britain" is the only foreign policy issue that interests him, because… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Trump has learned how to function in a world in which people now live in very separate realities, where they get their… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
The hard truth is that Trump was not exceptional. He was just another amoral Western businessman, one of many whom the ex-KGB… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
I believe democracy can survive. But it's certainly true that the euphoria of the 1990s - an era when democracy was spreading… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Donald Trump has never tried to reach out to all the American people, he never uses the language of unity, he doesn't… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Some voters live in a so-called populist bubble, where they hear nationalist and xenophobic messages, learn to distrust fact-based media and evidence-based… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
I don't think Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump really have friends. But Trump has openly admired Putin for many years, with no… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Americans have long felt that NATO isn't doing its job and that the Europeans aren't contributing enough. Trump has accelerated the decline… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Quite a lot has been written, including by me, about the effect of social media on politics, and in particular the way in which… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
After Trump became president, it was really too late to investigate his dodgy investments in Azerbaijan or his links to Russian money laundering. Those… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
If Reagan and John Paul II were linked by anything, it was a grand, ambitious, and generous idea of Western political civilization, one in… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Until the attack on Pearl Harbor, isolationism was an important, even dominant strand in U.S. politics. After the Second World War, this strand disappeared,… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
The U.S.S.R. was a totalitarian state in which judges and prosecutors were controlled by the ruling party. The result was injustice, oppression and corruption. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
One knows, of course, that Donald Trump behaves differently from the leaders of other countries, especially the leaders of other Western democracies. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
As a nation, we are not good at long-term planning, and no wonder: Our political system insists that every president be allowed to appoint… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Amazingly, quite a few people, even some American conservatives, are taken in by Russian tactics. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Like wealth, or health, political freedom may simply be something that people don't value if they've always had it. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Unlike most European countries, the police in the US are decentralized; even the FBI has regional offices. Amending the constitution is a long and… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
The hard truth is that Trump was not exceptional. He was just another amoral Western businessman, one of many whom the ex-KGB elite have… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Politics in Slovakia had long been a battle between egotistical men. Caputova sought to be the anti-ego alternative. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
