Dehumanizing language.

President Trump is doing this more and more often, using dehumanizing language against

his opponents.

Where is this all leading?

Welcome to the Reliable Sources Podcast.

I'm your host, Brian Stelter.

In this weekly podcast, in between our Sunday television broadcasts

is a chance to go in depth with media leaders and newsmakers. This week I'm joined by another Brian, political scientist Dr Brian Kloss.

He's a fellow in global politics at the London School of Economics and the author of several books

including the despots apprentice

Donald Trump's attack on democracy.

So Brian, we know where you're coming from

on this topic.

Thanks for chatting with me. Thanks for having me.

I'm really interested in your perspective as an American living in London watching the Trump

presidency from a bit of a distance.

You've been talking about his use of dehumanizing language.

And you tell me, I mean my perception is that this is happening more often.

For example, he's using the phrase enemy of the people more often what

are you how do you interpret this increase in this behavior?

Well I think he's understood that there's no pushback to it and that it works and I think that's

what's really dangerous here is that he's used insults and abuse in his entire

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