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other countries across the world about what's going on here because we've known for some time -- richard haass been telling us that even before the first republican primary, everybody across the world was fascinated by trump. is trump really -- is he serious? are you people really going to vote for this guy? >> people have been fascinated by it for a long time. i think right now it's a combination of shock, disbelief and increasing horror. we first put trump on the cover of september last year. people say why did you put this guy on the cover? he's a complete jerk. he's not. you need to take this seriously. we've been proved right over the past year. as you look around the world, you guys were talking about it earlier. beacon of democracy. a leader to many countries about how the democratic process is supposed to work. what do you see now? you see a man who has debased american politics. you've had attitudes, racism, you've had the idea that your opponent should be locked up which happens in other parts of the world, certainly shouldn't happen here. and then if you get to his ideas, we won't c