Trump’s authoritarian streak

The following article by Stephen Collinson was posted on the CNN website October 12, 2017:

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Washington (CNN — )When he looks in the mirror, President Donald Trump sees a strongman.

He vows to rain “fire and fury” on North Korea, admires the world’s toughest leaders, calls for television networks to lose their licenses and roasts critics on an Orwellian Twitter feed.

But he’s an autocrat in word rather than deed. Continue reading “Trump’s authoritarian streak”