Twilight's Last Gleaming?
The Book Review
The New York Times
4.2 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2018
⏱️ 62 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Is our democracy in crisis under President Trump? |
| 0:09.8 | David From argues yes in his new book, Trump Pocracy, the corruption of the American Republic. |
| 0:16.4 | What happens when you put 22 refugee children from around the world into a single Colorado |
| 0:21.3 | classroom? |
| 0:22.5 | Helen Thorpe will be here to discuss her new book, The Newcomers. |
| 0:25.9 | Plus, we'll talk about what we and the wider world are reading. |
| 0:29.4 | This is Inside the New York Times Book Review. |
| 0:31.1 | I'm Pamela Paul. |
| 0:37.9 | David From joins us now. |
| 0:38.9 | His new book is called Trump Pocracy, the corruption of the American Republic. |
| 0:43.0 | David, thanks for being here. |
| 0:44.2 | Thank you so much. |
| 0:45.2 | Let's start with the title, Trump Pocracy. |
| 0:47.1 | What exactly do you mean? |
| 0:48.5 | I mean exactly what it says. |
| 0:50.0 | The suffix comes from the word for power or rule in ancient Greek. |
| 0:54.5 | And it tries to convey an idea that is more relevant than ever in this January of 2018, |
| 1:00.9 | which is that the focus on Donald Trump's personality is the wrong focus. |
| 1:05.9 | Country in the world are full of aberrant, cranky old men. |
| 1:09.1 | The whole American system of government is designed to screen them away from power. |
| 1:14.5 | That system failed. |
| 1:16.3 | And Trump Pocracy ties to answer why. |
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