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Not only predictable, but predicted:
Wayne Barrett, Harry Hurt III, Gwenda Blair, Tim OâBrien and Michael DâAntonioâauthors of books about Trump that were published from the early 1990s to 2015â they knew.
During our initial convening that day in Manhattan, and in subsequent conversationsâright after the leak of the âAccess Hollywoodâ tape, right after he won, and right before he was inauguratedâthey said heâd never accept a loss, that heâd say it was âstolen,â that heâd say it was ârigged.â They said he was âgoing to plunge the whole country into an authoritarian dynamic.â They said he was âa guy who is playing to a mob.â And no matter what, they said, Trump would retain âa substantial number of Americans who support him, and where he takes them is really quite threatening.â...
Wayne Barrett, Harry Hurt III, Gwenda Blair, Tim OâBrien and Michael DâAntonioâauthors of books about Trump that were published from the early 1990s to 2015â they knew.
During our initial convening that day in Manhattan, and in subsequent conversationsâright after the leak of the âAccess Hollywoodâ tape, right after he won, and right before he was inauguratedâthey said heâd never accept a loss, that heâd say it was âstolen,â that heâd say it was ârigged.â They said he was âgoing to plunge the whole country into an authoritarian dynamic.â They said he was âa guy who is playing to a mob.â And no matter what, they said, Trump would retain âa substantial number of Americans who support him, and where he takes them is really quite threatening.â...
âHe Was the Ringmaster in the Demise of His Own Circusâ
On the eve of Donald Trumpâs exit from power, four biographers who studied him up close reflect on what he wrought on the country. And what heâll do next.
www.politico.com