"Trump, Orbán, Erdoğan – There's a Method to the Supposed Madness"

Deutschlandfunk Kultur: Professor Dr Timm Beichelt comments on Donald Trump's inauguration from the perspective of autocracy research.

On 20 January 2025, Donald Trump will take office as President of the USA for the second time. He is already attracting attention in the run-up with his vociferous demands. On the day of his inauguration, Prof Dr Timm Beichelt talks to Deutschlandfunk Kultur about what the sometimes misguided statements say about his autocratic style of leadership and how his disdain for democratic processes unites Trump with other heads of state, including European ones.

Listen to the podcast in the Deutschlandfunk Audiothek (in German). You can also read the manuscript of the article in the Viadrina news portal (in German).

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