Why Trump Is Obsessed With Destroying People Like Comey and Kimmel

The indictment of the former FBI director, James Comey, and the process that has led there, is one of the most alarming and authoritarian acts of President Trump’s second term, which was full of dictator type. Trump demanded the resignation of a prosecutor who would not carry a charge against Comey. Less than a week later, the new chief prosecutor of Northern Virginia prompted Comey, whom Trump wanted to punish for a long time for investigating the links between the president and the Russian government during the president’s first mandate. What is so striking in Trump’s actions is the way he breaks cheeky and openly with democratic standards, such as a president who does not ask for investigations on his political rivals. As a California university, Berkeley’s political scientist Jake Grumbach, explains in the last edition of Right now with Perry BaconTrump collaborators often include more nuanced explanations of their undemocratic actions, only while the president declares his real intentions publicly, whether on social networks and / or in interviews. Grumbach argues that Comey’s pursuit is the last example of Trump even going beyond the extremism of authoritarian leaders like Viktor Orbán of Hungary. In the opinion of Grumbach, Trump targets people like Jimmy Kimmel and Comey (and universities like Harvard) partly because they are very important and well known. Grumbach also discussed His research question the value of democratic politicians who move to the right on key issues, as many centrists from the party exhort. You can watch this episode here.