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“Basically, Trump's significant first moves have been twofold. To marginalize the media, and to start dismantling the federal government.”

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Where incompetence is prized, it is ever-present.

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I think Donald Trump was brought to power by Americans. They voted for him.

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Poverty and scarcity are actually very good for totalitarian societies. They maintain that sense of mobilization that's essential for totalitarian societies.

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I think that Putin's strategy has been throwing a lot of money, fairly haphazardly, at a lot of projects aimed at disrupting Western relations…

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