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Rick Steves on Rejecting Fascism at Home and Fears of Trump Abroad

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Rick Steves has been outspoken about Donald Trump’s campaign to consolidate power and undermine democracy since his return to office.

He has warned of the parallels between our MAGA moment and repressive authoritarian regimes that rose across Europe a century ago .

"Do you really want to build walls and shut out the rest of the world,” Steves said, “or do you want to built bridges?”.

If we don't have a “deep state,” we don’t have institutions, we’re not a functioning democracy.

I like big cities when I travel, because to me, big cities are a marvel.

Public broadcasting is a thoughtful oasis in our landscape that does not have other agenda than enlightening the electorate so we can have a stronger democracy.

Bob Greene : I'm very worried that Trump is playing a political game of Hearts .

Trump cannot accomplish what he wants to accomplish as long as we have the truth, Greene says.

Greene: America has to wake up, and America must wake up and be in solidarity. If we don’t have solidarity, I think we can lose our democracy.

VR Score

66

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60

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48

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

35

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possibly offensive

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short-lived

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