Why Trump 2.0 May Be Good News for Dictators
On this episode of Voternomics, historian Anne Applebaum explains why the Republican nominee might be open to deals with the world’s autocrats.
Donald Trump speaks during a rally in St Cloud, Minnesota on July 27.
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A network of dictators from China to Venezuela could be the beneficiaries of a welcoming White House should Donald Trump win the US election come November. That’s according to journalist and historian Anne Applebaum, who warns that the self-proclaimed dealmaker and convicted felon’s foreign policy may be more personal and even less predictable in a second term. Applebaum joins Voternomics host Stephanie Flanders to discuss her latest book Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run The World.