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100 1  Klaas, Brian,|d1986-|eauthor. 
245 14 The despot's apprentice :|bDonald Trump's attack on 
       democracy /|cBrian Klaas. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bHot Books,|c[2017] 
300    xi, 324 pages ;|c20 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-324). 
520    An ex-US campaign advisor who has sat with the world’s 
       dictators explains Donald Trump's increasingly 
       authoritarian tactics and the threat they pose to American
       democracy.   Donald Trump isn’t a despot. But he is 
       increasingly acting like The Despot’s Apprentice, an 
       understudy in authoritarian tactics that threaten to erode
       American democracy. Whether it’s attacking the press, 
       threatening rule of law by firing those who investigate 
       his alleged wrongdoings, or using nepotism to staff the 
       White House, Donald Trump is borrowing tactics from the 
       world’s dictators and despots. Trump’s fascination for the
       military, his obsession with his own cult of personality, 
       and his deliberate campaign to blur the line between fact 
       and falsehood are nothing new to the world of despots. But
       they are new to the United States. With each authoritarian
       tactic or tweet, Trump poses a unique threat to democratic
       government in the world’s most powerful democracy.   At 
       the same time, Trump’s apprenticeship has serious 
       consequences beyond the United States too. His bizarre 
       adoration and idolization of despotic strongmen—from 
       Russia’s Putin, to Turkey’s Erdogan, or to the 
       Philippines’ Duterte—has transformed American foreign 
       policy into a powerful cheerleader for some of the world’s
       worst regimes. 
600 10 Trump, Donald, 1946- 
610 10 United States.|bPresident (2017- : Trump) 
650  0 Democracy|zUnited States. 
650  0 Authoritarianism|zUnited States. 
650  0 Despotism. 
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government|y2017-