One of the first major things you do is to silence your critics, especially in the press. You try to find -- you try to delegitimize them and discredit them so that they won't be taken seriously in what they report and then you can run over them.
David Gergen discusses the tactics of authoritarianism and how they relate to Trump's treatment of the media.
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It's very, very big. Not legally, but politically, it's a very, very big deal.
I think a lot of Americans do see it as disqualifying. And they're worried about it.
I think this the very idea that in 2024, we may have two men running against each other Biden and Trump, who would both be in their 80s if elected, that it too is enough to say, well, what are we doing here?
The midterms really helped him. They transformed the race, best midterm elections for any president in 20 years.
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