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The Despot's Apprentice: Donald Trump's attack on democracy

Hosted by the Department of Government

Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE, USA

Speaker

Brian Klaas (@brianklaas)

Brian Klaas (@brianklaas)

Fellow in Comparative Politics, Department of Government, LSE

Chair

Jonathan Hopkin (@jrhopkin)

Jonathan Hopkin (@jrhopkin)

Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Government, LSE

Donald Trump isn’t a despot. But he is increasingly acting like a despot’s apprentice. An expert on authoritarianism, Brian Klaas is well placed to recognise the warning signs of tyranny. He argues forcefully that with every autocratic tactic or tweet, Trump further erodes democratic norms in the world’s most powerful democracy.

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