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US politics: How the US should tackle the threat of autocracy

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Back in December Donald Trump said the quiet bit out loud when he announced he wanted to be a dictator – if only on day one. Looking around the world in the 21st century, autocracy is getting a new lease of life: authoritarian regimes are working together, and the danger to democracies like the United States is getting closer to home. This week, Jonathan Freedland is joined by political commentator and author Anne Applebaum to look at what the US should be doing to tackle the growing threat of autocracy

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