Trump will overplay his hand. Be ready for when he does. [View all]
Robert Reich
January 1, 2025
Friends,
I sometimes share with you perspectives about what we're up against from non-American writers and journalists.
Asli Aydintasbas, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., and a former journalist, published this short essay recently in POLITICO magazine.
As we prepare for Trump's regime, I thought you'd find her views useful.
"American democracy is about to undergo a serious stress test.
I know how it feels, in part because I lived through the slow and steady march of state capture as a journalist working in Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Turkey.
Over a decade as a high-profile journalist, I covered Turkey's descent into illiberalism, having to engage in the daily push and pull with the government.
I know how self-censorship starts in small ways but then creeps into operations on a daily basis.
I am familiar with the rhythms of the battle to reshape the media, state institutions and the judiciary.
Having lived through it, and having gathered some lessons in hindsight, I believe that there are strategies that can help Democrats and Trump critics not only survive the coming four years, but come out stronger.
Here are six of them:"
More:
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-will-overplay-his-hand-be-ready
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