An ex-US campaign advisor who has sat using the world’s dictators explains Donald Trump’s increasingly authoritarian strategies and the threat they present to American democracy.

Donald Trump is not a despot. But he’s increasingly acting just like the “despot’s apprentice,” an understudy in authoritarian tactics that threaten to erode American democracy, includingattacking the press,intimidating rule of law by firing those that investigate his alleged wrongdoings,using nepotism to personnel the White Home, about The Despot’s Apprentice: Donald Trump’s Strike on Democracy andcountless various other methods.Donald Trump is borrowing methods from your world’s dictators and despots. Trump’s fascination for the military, his obsession with his personal cult of character, and his deliberate campaign to blur the line between fact and falsehood are nothing at all not used to the globe of despots. But they are new to the United States.

With each authoritarian tactic or tweet, Trump poses a distinctive threat to democratic government in the world’s most powerful democracy.At exactly the same time, Trump’s apprenticeship has serious consequences beyond america. His bizarre adoration and idolization of despotic strongmen?from Russia’s Putin, to Turkey’s Erdogan, or to the Philippines’ Duterte?offers transformed American foreign plan into a powerful cheerleader for some of the world’s worst regimes.

The Despot’s Apprentice: Donald Trump’s Attack on Democracy explores how Trump uniquely threatens democracy?and how to save it from him.