From the archive: Welcome to the age of Trump

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 29 June 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2016: Whether he wins the US presidency or not, his rise reveals a growing attraction to political demagogues – and points to a wider crisis of democracy. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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0:45.5	My name is Jonathan Friedland. I'm a columnist for the Guardian,
0:48.8	the host of our podcast, Politics Weekly America.
0:52.4	And today I'm introducing you to a piece I wrote back in the spring of 2016.
0:57.2	Welcome to the age of Trump.
0:59.7	It's worth remembering all the things that hadn't yet happened when this essay appeared
1:04.6	in the middle of May 2016.
1:07.2	The Brexit vote was then still a month away.
1:10.4	A most was still betting on a win for a main.
1:13.6	Donald Trump was not yet finalised as the presidential nominee of the Republican Party
1:19.2	that alone was the winner of the 2016 election.
1:22.7	Boris Johnson had just finished his term as Mayor of London.
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