Anne Applebaum

The Trump administration is seeking to redefine what American basic values are, what we think is good and bad and whose voices are heard and whose voices are suppressed.

The Trump administration is seeking to redefine what American basic values are, what we think is good and bad and whose voices are heard and whose voices are suppressed.

And they have decided that the groups who backed January the 6th, and this includes some on the far right and white supremacists and so on, and people who would not be offended by you saying that's what they are, are now proud members of the Trump coalition. And people who have promoted diversity are not.

And they have decided that the groups who backed January the 6th, and this includes some on the far right and white supremacists and so on, and people who would not be offended by you saying that's what they are, are now proud members of the Trump coalition. And people who have promoted diversity are not.

And they have decided that the groups who backed January the 6th, and this includes some on the far right and white supremacists and so on, and people who would not be offended by you saying that's what they are, are now proud members of the Trump coalition. And people who have promoted diversity are not.

And so I think they're seeking to redefine our values and redefine what it means to be, you know, a central part of the American project.

And so I think they're seeking to redefine our values and redefine what it means to be, you know, a central part of the American project.

And so I think they're seeking to redefine our values and redefine what it means to be, you know, a central part of the American project.

My concerns about the press aren't at the moment really personal. My real concern is about big media companies, television companies whose owners have other interests. And this is one of the ways in which media in other illiberal democracies, you know, or in other declining democracies have been affected.

My concerns about the press aren't at the moment really personal. My real concern is about big media companies, television companies whose owners have other interests. And this is one of the ways in which media in other illiberal democracies, you know, or in other declining democracies have been affected.

My concerns about the press aren't at the moment really personal. My real concern is about big media companies, television companies whose owners have other interests. And this is one of the ways in which media in other illiberal democracies, you know, or in other declining democracies have been affected.

So if you have somebody who owns a large television station, but who's also interested in investing in something else for which he needs a government license, then you could see him needing to genuflect to the ruling party or to the leader.

So if you have somebody who owns a large television station, but who's also interested in investing in something else for which he needs a government license, then you could see him needing to genuflect to the ruling party or to the leader.

So if you have somebody who owns a large television station, but who's also interested in investing in something else for which he needs a government license, then you could see him needing to genuflect to the ruling party or to the leader.

I mean, we already have an example of that, which is Jeff Bezos, who's the owner of The Washington Post, who has seems to be making some decisions or his newspaper is making some decisions that accommodate the Trump administration.

I mean, we already have an example of that, which is Jeff Bezos, who's the owner of The Washington Post, who has seems to be making some decisions or his newspaper is making some decisions that accommodate the Trump administration.

I mean, we already have an example of that, which is Jeff Bezos, who's the owner of The Washington Post, who has seems to be making some decisions or his newspaper is making some decisions that accommodate the Trump administration.

Bezos has many other interests in cloud computing, in space travel, all kinds of things, for all of which he would need, in some cases, government cooperation or funding. And so his he's He may also, in addition to that, have feel ideologically aligned with the Trump administration that I don't know and can't speak to. But clearly he has mixed motives.

Bezos has many other interests in cloud computing, in space travel, all kinds of things, for all of which he would need, in some cases, government cooperation or funding. And so his he's He may also, in addition to that, have feel ideologically aligned with the Trump administration that I don't know and can't speak to. But clearly he has mixed motives.

Bezos has many other interests in cloud computing, in space travel, all kinds of things, for all of which he would need, in some cases, government cooperation or funding. And so his he's He may also, in addition to that, have feel ideologically aligned with the Trump administration that I don't know and can't speak to. But clearly he has mixed motives.