Jonathan Freedland: Trump's dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. It's like being woken in the night by a burglar wearing a striped shirt and carrying a bag marked "Swag": we would assume it was a joke or a stunt or otherwise unreal, rather than a genuine danger. So it is with Trump. We cannot quite believe what we are seeing.
On Donald Trump's march towards authoritarianism. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ...
-- Jonathan Freedland (@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social) Aug 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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