Trump’s Use of the Authoritarian Playbook
Experts have identified seven tactics that authoritarian leaders have employed throughout time to transform a democracy into an autocratic authoritarian state
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7 min readSep 3, 2024
The authoritarian strategies employed by Donald Trump are parallel to those used by dictators throughout history who were democratically elected but ultimately turned against the democratic institutions that put them in power.Political scientists and other pertinent experts have about what the Republican party and far-right organizations intend to do if Trump is re-elected in 2025. is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization dedicated to preventing the United States from regressing into a more authoritarian form of government. The organization's study identified seven tactics that authoritarians have employed throughout history.According to the analysis by experts in the field of democracy, individuals or leaders with authoritarian aspirations often utilize seven fundamental tactics to attain and consolidate power in order to turn a democracy into an authoritarian state.
