Our democracy is threatened now, for sure.

There's a new number one threat, and that is misinformation and disinformation.

And I think that's intimately connected to the threat we now face in American democracy.

Hello and welcome to the GZero World Podcast.

This is where you'll find extended versions of my interviews on public television.

I'm Ian Bremmer, and today I am coming to you direct from Davos, Switzerland's site of the 54th World Economic Forum.

The theme for this year's gathering, rebuilding trust in a fractured world.

And for sure, confidence in major institutions like governments, churches, and the media,

is at historic lows. It's not the best backdrop for a year that will test democracy like none we've seen

when as many as 70 elections will take place around the world.

And none will be more watched, whether here

in Davos or in Des Moines, than the U.S. presidential election. As Donald Trump barrels toward

the GOP nomination, the election itself poses serious risks. And here at the forum, I sat down

with a man who is no stranger to contest the U.S. elections, former vice president

Al Gore to get his take on the current state of American politics and, of course,

the work he is now best known for, climate action.

Let's get to it.

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