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AlterNet 5/24/2025 at 12:15 PM EDT

'We feel paralyzed': Expert details ow Trump 'disempowers' Americans with 'sadistic cruelty'

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In an article published by The Bulwark on May 15, Never Trump conservative Bill Kristol laid out some reasons why he considers President Donald Trump 'far more dangerous' than the late President Richard Nixon. While 'Tricky Dick' acted in a 'dodgy,' corrupt fashion behind closed doors during the Watergate era, Kristol argued, Trump is openly authoritarian -- and is normalizing extremism in the process. Yale University history professor and author Marci Shore made a similar argument during a Saturday morning, May 24 appearance on MSNBC. Although Shore, unlike Kristol, didn't mention Nixon, she warned that Trump's open authoritarianism is making some Americans feel 'paralyzed.'

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