Sen. Bernie Sanders
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And the answer is, and this will upset some people, it is my view,
That is the kind of government that Trump likes.
It is an authoritarian government.
They don't tolerate dissent.
It is run by the, that family happens to be the wealthiest family in the world.
They are, I think, combined, not, you know, they're probably richer than Musk.
And those, and meanwhile, we are attacking Europe every day.
You know, we're going to invade Greenland because Trump didn't get a prize or something.
All that I'm saying, and this is a whole longer discussion,
It used to be that the United States was a strong advocate of democracy.
We became a model for countries all over the world saying we would like to be like the United States.
Our Constitution, our Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence was an inspiration to a lot of people.
And now you've got the president of the United States having his best friend, a dictator in Saudi Arabia, supporting a war criminal in Israel, Mr. Netanyahu, et cetera, et cetera.
And by the way, going to war, if you like, hopefully not literally, figuratively at least, with Europe.
Why is that?
Europe is a democratic government.
Some are conservative, some are progressive, but they are elected by the people.