Ruth Ben-Ghiat

You might even, if you're an autocrat, make an AI video of you crapping on people.

Remember that?

Right, or post yourself as Jesus Christ.

Yeah, that shows what he really thinks of people.

And so it doesn't cross his mind apparently to measure his words and be a little more circumspect, which is what other, I was gonna say smarter, but he's very smart in his own way.

So other autocrats,

have not boasted as much about their ballrooms and their things that are evidence of corruption.

Yeah, he feels invincible and he has created a government full of people who mirror his values.

So autocrats want you to be your worst self.

And often they pick people who are flawed.

So we talked before that they're inexperienced, that you would never pick those people.

A CEO wouldn't pick those people, but he needs to have those people there.

And we talked about the loyalty part, but he needs people who are flawed so that he can further corrupt them.

And Trump is very good at corrupting people.

and bringing them down to his level.

That's the perfect person.

Yes.

Flawed people.

So Kennedy, think of all the cabinet.

Right.