Unnamed Expert on Bridge Safety

However much you dislike where it's coming from, can we sit down and have a serious conversation about, you know, what is Harvard doing with its admissions policies? And do students feel safe on campus?

It's way too early to say the United States is sliding into competitive authoritarianism. Trump's actions would end up having this effect, but only if they remained uncontested.

It's way too early to say the United States is sliding into competitive authoritarianism. Trump's actions would end up having this effect, but only if they remained uncontested.

It's way too early to say the United States is sliding into competitive authoritarianism. Trump's actions would end up having this effect, but only if they remained uncontested.

These populist leaders managed to engineer new constitutions that seriously concentrated power. That was the breakpoint that put those countries on the path towards competitive authoritarian rule. But in the United States, that's out of the question.

These populist leaders managed to engineer new constitutions that seriously concentrated power. That was the breakpoint that put those countries on the path towards competitive authoritarian rule. But in the United States, that's out of the question.

These populist leaders managed to engineer new constitutions that seriously concentrated power. That was the breakpoint that put those countries on the path towards competitive authoritarian rule. But in the United States, that's out of the question.

I think he's doing immense amounts of damage. I think he's perhaps, and it does not give me pleasure to say this, unalterably changing our norms in a way that is going to free up Future presidents from both parties will feel more free to do the kinds of things that Trump has done. And that will, frankly, threaten the rule of law.

I think he's doing immense amounts of damage. I think he's perhaps, and it does not give me pleasure to say this, unalterably changing our norms in a way that is going to free up Future presidents from both parties will feel more free to do the kinds of things that Trump has done. And that will, frankly, threaten the rule of law.

I think he's doing immense amounts of damage. I think he's perhaps, and it does not give me pleasure to say this, unalterably changing our norms in a way that is going to free up Future presidents from both parties will feel more free to do the kinds of things that Trump has done. And that will, frankly, threaten the rule of law.

And even if we don't move towards competitive authoritarianism all the way, you don't really have to believe that that will happen to be very nervous about the future of American democracy.

And even if we don't move towards competitive authoritarianism all the way, you don't really have to believe that that will happen to be very nervous about the future of American democracy.

And even if we don't move towards competitive authoritarianism all the way, you don't really have to believe that that will happen to be very nervous about the future of American democracy.

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World news is important, but it can feel far away. Not on the State of the World podcast. With journalists around the world, you'll hear firsthand the effects of U.S. trade actions in Canada and China and meet a Mexican street sweeper who became a pop star. We don't go around the world. We're already there. Listen to the State of the World podcast from NPR every weekday.

World news is important, but it can feel far away. Not on the State of the World podcast. With journalists around the world, you'll hear firsthand the effects of U.S. trade actions in Canada and China and meet a Mexican street sweeper who became a pop star. We don't go around the world. We're already there. Listen to the State of the World podcast from NPR every weekday.

I think many Americans have a cartoon vision of what authoritarianism looks like. They think it's sort of jackboots in the streets and prison camps in rural parts of the country. They don't recognize that for many people, indeed most of the population most of the time, authoritarianism is sort of banal.

I think many Americans have a cartoon vision of what authoritarianism looks like. They think it's sort of jackboots in the streets and prison camps in rural parts of the country. They don't recognize that for many people, indeed most of the population most of the time, authoritarianism is sort of banal.

I think many Americans have a cartoon vision of what authoritarianism looks like. They think it's sort of jackboots in the streets and prison camps in rural parts of the country. They don't recognize that for many people, indeed most of the population most of the time, authoritarianism is sort of banal.

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