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Podcast: How did Trump threaten American self-government when he was president?

Podcast: How did Trump threaten American self-government when he was president?
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In this podcast episode, Miles Taylor talks about the resistance to Donald Trump when he was president. Taylor is the author of Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump. He served in the Trump administration as the Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Before that, Taylor worked in Congress and served in the George W. Bush administration.

How did administration officials counter the threat to American self-government that they believed Donald Trump posed when he was president? Why did some Republicans resist the president while others supported him? What will happen if Trump - or Trumpism - wins the presidency in 2024? Can a great civic awakening prevent that scenario from happening? And what is the “axis of adults?” These are some of the questions hosts Miles, Julia, and Lee dive into in this peak behind the curtain.


This episode is from the Politics In Question podcast as a part of The Democracy Group.

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