For voters missing the clues to Trump's autocratic bent, his surrogates make it clear
Trumpland with Alex Wagner
MS NOW, Alex Wagner
4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I want to start off tonight with something out of Playboy magazine. |
| 0:03.8 | It's just an article, so do not worry, this is still a family program. |
| 0:09.5 | In 1990, Donald Trump did a sit-down interview with Playboy, in which he teased a future in American politics. |
| 0:17.0 | And there is something he said back then that we all probably should have taken a bit more seriously. |
| 0:22.0 | It was just a year after the Chinese government. probably should have taken a bit more seriously. |
| 0:22.9 | It was just a year after the Chinese government |
| 0:24.9 | used a massive amount of military force |
| 0:27.8 | to violently crack down on pro-democracy student protesters |
| 0:31.3 | who had been occupying Tiananmen Square in Beijing. |
| 0:34.8 | The Chinese government declared martial law and it massacred hundreds of civilians. |
| 0:40.8 | And here was Donald Trump's take on that incident one year later in the pages of Playboy. |
| 0:46.0 | When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. |
| 0:51.0 | Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That |
| 0:56.0 | shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak. |
| 1:03.0 | Okay, at this point, people can be forgiven for not believing a lot of things |
| 1:08.4 | Donald Trump says. |
| 1:09.3 | They don't think he actually means what comes out of his mouth. |
| 1:13.4 | And yes, this interview was in Playboy, |
| 1:16.3 | which I know some people read expressly |
| 1:18.2 | just for the articles, but still, |
| 1:20.9 | it is hard to take Playboy that seriously. |
| 1:24.7 | But now that Donald Trump has denied the outcome of one Democratic election |
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