Trump's Alarming New Rant About Dictators Exposes Media's Epic Failure

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

At a rally in Michigan over the weekend, Donald Trump uncorked one of his longest rants ever in praise of the world’s autocrats, strongmen and dictators. He hailed Xi Jinping of China as “brilliant” for controlling 1.4 billion people “with an iron fist,” and described Xi, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Hungary’s Viktor Orban as “tough” and “smart.” We talked to Rick Wilson, the prominent Never Trumper and Substacker, about Trump’s explicit campaign promise of authoritarian rule, the GOP’s enthusiastic embrace of it, and the media’s utter failure to alert voters to what’s coming. Listen to this episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:35.2	At a rally in Michigan over the weekend, Donald Trump uncorked one of his longest rants ever in praise of the world's autocrats, strongmen, and dictators. He hailed Xi of China as brilliant for controlling
2:41.4	1.4 billion people with an iron fist. He described Xi, Russia's Vladimir Putin, and Hungary's
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