The Sunday Edition: Trump and the surprising history of American authoritarians
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🗓️ 14 June 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
This episode was originally published in March.
The word "unprecedented" is often used to describe Donald Trump's presidency. He's broken with convention repeatedly: from announcing tariffs on allies, to the suggestion that he wants to buy Greenland. But are these moves really without precedent? Or do Trump's politics echo that of 19th century US presidents, but with a more alarming twist?
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| 1:08.6 | So every weekend, we raid the story archives for an episode you might |
| 1:13.0 | have missed that we think you'd love. This weekend, President Trump is organizing a military parade |
| 1:21.6 | to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Armed Forces. But the parade also happens to fall on the president's birthday, leading his opponents to call |
| 1:32.1 | this an authoritarian move. |
| 1:38.0 | That accusation has been a common refrain among the president's critics. |
| 1:42.7 | But are some of his tactics really without precedent? |
| 1:45.9 | Or is he actually part of a long American tradition? |
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