is trumpocracy only possible with donald trump? could someone else you think have -- as skillfully and manner exploited these vulnerabilities that you identify? >> guest: somebody will. because one thing, this is going on throughout the western world. we are seeing a global decline in confidence in democracy, belief in democracy and the effectiveness of democracy across the democratic world. in the united states, it happened to express itself in the more right leaping party, but -- right leaning party but in other country it's the molest leaning parties. you say in trump in spain and greece and britain and jeremy corbin, the leader of the labor party and many of the thing that worry me show up inside -- in the democratic party has been a more level headed party than the republican party but one theme i stress in the book is racial, sexual and economic tension. sexual tension i draw special attention to. if you follow the bernie sanders versus hillary clinton primaries the gender gap between sanders voters and clinton voters war big

book, trumpocracy, is a book about the study of power. means. what the suffix it is a study of donald trump power. how does he get away with it? trumpocracy is the system of enabling. -- isthe system be queen the system between trump and the media. it is the system that involves the republican donor elite, the traditional elements of the republican party, and above all between him and that core group of his voters within the republican party who enabled him to win the republican nomination and then going to the presidency. >> watch "afterwards" sunday night on c-span twos book tv. -- on c-span2's book tv. where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created by a public service by america's cable television companies and is

can you define trumpocracy and how you came up with this concept? >> we're all mesmerized by donald trump's out-sized personality. it's natural to believe that the personality is the secret of what's going on. trumpocracy which comes from the root of democracy and autocracy is a book about the study of power. that's what the suffix means. this is the study of donald trump's power, how does he get it. maintain it, how does he get away with it. trumpocracy is the system of enabling, the system at the white house, between trump and congress, and the media that enabled him to create an audience. the system that involves the republican donor-- and between him and the core group within the republican party who enabled him to win the republican nomination and go on to the presidency. >> now, there have been bad presidents in american history that even borderline destructive presidents in american history. when did you decide that trump sort of transcended this and sort of posed a threat to the american system of democracy itself. >> it's concerned with don

the title of your book is trumpocracy, is it possible to have a trumpocracy and a liberal democracy? system of power that does not accept a lot of restraints. it also challenges the idea of universal voting. one thing which has happened in united states is that the republican parties of which i am a member, has signed up a agenda not as; “ people be increasingly difficult for people to vote, in ways that gradually shrink who the electorate is. thank you so much for being with us. a great pleasure to have you. it's notjust the united states where the trump name is making waves. india has been hosting the eldest son of the president — donald trump jr — who is on a promotional tour to sell trump—branded flats to wealthy indian customers. but his visit is also raising questions about the trump family's business interests, and the lines between personal profit and politics. as rajini vaidya nathan reports from new delhi. trump has arrived, have you? that's what these front page ads across a number of national newspapers are asking as they promote donald trumer‘s visit to india this week.

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bush and atlantic columnist david frum with his book "trumpocracy" ."he's interviewed by "washington post" nonfiction book critic. >> it comes come from the sames democracy and autocracy is a book about the study of power. that's what the suffix means. this is the study of donald trump's power, how did he get it, how does he began and how does he get away with it. so trumpocracy is of the system of enabling pickets the system in the white house and the system between trump and congress, the schism between trump and the media that enable them and create an audit pickets the system that involves the republican donor in it, the traditional element of the republican party and above all between him and that core group of his voters within the republican party who enabled him to win the republican nomination and then go on to the presidency. >> watch "after words" sunday night at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> last month former secretary of state henry kissinger and george scholz appear before the senate armed services committee to talk about the trum

bush and atlantic columnist david frum with his book "trumpocracy" ."is interviewed by "washington post" nonfiction book critic carlos losada. >> "trumpocracy" come from the same root as democracy and autocracy is a book about the study of power. that's what the suffix means. this is the study of donald trump's power, how did he get it, retain, , how does he get ay with it? so trumpocracy is the system of enabling, a system of between trump and on congress, the sysm between trump and the media that enable him and create an audience, the system that involves the republican donor elite, the traditional elements, and above all between him and that core group of his voters within the republican party who enabled him to win the republican nomination and then go on to the presidency. >> watch "after words" sunday night at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv. >> hello. welcome to cambridge forum life in harvard square, thank you for joining us for what promises to be a time and somewhat edgy discussion about trust. a small word but one which huge ramification i

on "afterwords," frumerent from -- david with his book "trumpocracy." >> a comes from the same root as democracy, it is a book about the study of power. that is what the suffix means, it is about donald trump's tower, five he maintain it and get away with it? it is the system of enabling, the system between trip and congress, the white house, the media that enabled him, the system that involves the republican donor elite that succumbed to him, and above all, between him and the core group of voters who enabled him to win the republican nomination and go on to the presidency. >> what sunday night at nine clock p.m. eastern on c-span two's book tv. >> the hill is reporting that the senate has received notice from the fcc of its plans to repeal net neutrality rules.

he's interviewed by "washington post" nonfiction book critic. >> trumpocracy is a book about the study of power. that's what the suffix means. this is the study of donald trump's power, how does he get it? how does he maintain it and how does he get away with if? trumpocracy is the system of enabling, it's system in the white house, the system between trump and congress, the system between trump and the media that enable him and create an audience. it's the system that involves his -- the republican donor elite, the traditional elements of the republican bheert have succumbed to him and above all the core group of the voters within the republican party who enabled him to win the republican nomination and then go on to the presidency. >> watch "after words" sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> next, international monetary fund director christ ianella guard joins a conversation on the global economic outlook as part of the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. >> and so delighted again to be moderating the global economic outlook after what one has to agree was a rather unusual warmup

my book of the week is david fromme's "trumpocracy."nners and vulgarity, it is about the way donald trump is eroding democratic norms in the world's oldest constitutional public. the chapter on economic corruption plunder is worth the price of the book. >>> now for the last look. another school shooting this week, another community ripped apart, another murder we're not going to name here on this show. after the terrible attack at a country music concert in las vegas last fall, i gave you my take on america's gun problem. my take has not changed, but the body count has. the gun death rate in the united states is ten times that of other advanced industrial countries. places like japan and south korea have close to zero gun-related deaths in a year. the united states has around 30,000. the president tweeted this week that the killer was mentally disturbed, and perhaps he was, but consider this. the rate of mental illness in the united states is not 40 times the rate in britain. but the rate of gun death is 40 times higher here than in bri

he's interviewed by "washington post" nonfiction book critic. >> trumpocracy is a book about the study of power. that's what the suffix means. this is the study of donald trump's power, how does he get it? how does he maintain it and how does he get away with if? trumpocracy is the system of enabling, it's system in the white house, the system between trump and congress, the system between trump and the media that enable him and create an audience. it's the system that involves his -- the republican donor elite, the traditional elements of the republican bheert have succumbed to him and above all the core group of the voters within the republican party who enabled him to win the republican nomination and then go on to the presidency. >> watch "after words" sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> next, international monetary fund director christ ianella guard joins a conversation on the global economic outlook as part of the world economic forum in davos, switzerland.

trumpocracy is a book about the study of power. that is with the suffix means.is the study of donald trump's power, how does he get it, how does he maintain it, how does he get away with it. this is the system of enabling, the system between trump and congress, the system between and the media that enables the audience, the system that involves the republican donors, the traditional parts of the republican party that have succumbed to him, and that core group within the republican party that enabled him to win the republican nomination and go on to the presidency. >> sunday night at 9:00 eastern on book tv. news from the republican retreat coming up at two: theater -- 2:30. head of that, this morning's washington journal. inues. host: we are back to talk about gerrymandering. we have aaron bycoffe with fivethirtyeight and david wasserman with cook political report. you joined in on a project to look at gerrymandering. david wasserman, what is gerrymandering? guest:

bush and atlantic columnist david with isbook "trumpocracy" interviewed by book critic carlos.it comes from the same root as democracy and autocracy is a book about the study of power. this is the study of donald trump's power, how did he get it, how does he maintained? it is a system of enabling. it exists between trump and congress, between trump and the media that enables him and that involves his republican donors. and that, between him core group of voters within the republican party, who enabled him to win the nomination. night at 9sunday p.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. >> we are home to the university of arkansas. join us as we visit the center for arkansas aural and visual history and their effort to preserve our history. >> i traveled on the train. on thethree packets train, and to divide our close, my mother would get on the train and go to union station. i really liked to ride the trolley downtown and go to the stores downtown. my love of the mountains started at that age. six or seven years of age. that is when i was first introduced to the university. >>

trumpocracy is the system of enabling, it's system in the white house, the system between trump and congress, the system between trump and the media that enable him and create an audience. it's the system that involves his -- the republican donor elite, the traditional elements of the republican bheert have succumbed to him and above all the core group of the voters within the republican party who enabled him to win the republican nomination and then go on to the presidency. >> watch "after words" sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> next, international monetary fund director christ ianella guard joins a conversation on the global economic outlook as part of the world economic forum in davos, switzerland. >> and so delighted again to be moderating the global economic outlook after what one has to agree was a rather unusual warmup act. i am very disappointed, however, that for some reason they forgot to provide the band. [ laughter ] which i think we would have enjoyed very much. the previous speaker said three things with which i think we can all agree, that growth is very important, that jobs a

trumpocracy is the system of enabling. -- isthe system be queen the system between trump and the media. it is the system that involves the republican donor elite, the traditional elements of the republican party, and above all between him and that core group of his voters within the republican party who enabled him to win the republican nomination and then going to the presidency. >> watch "afterwards" sunday night on c-span twos book tv. -- on c-span2's book tv. where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created by a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your provider.atellite >> next, climate activists talk about grassroots efforts to adopt tougher policies on climate provider. change. programanders opens the ghich was moderated by 350.or president. it is about 90 minutes. sen. sanders: thank you. thank you. let me begin by thanking all of you here and folks watching live stream all over this country for standing up for our environment, for standing up for the fossil fuel industry, and telling them that short-term profits are not

bush and atlantic columnist david from with his book, trumpocracy. >> it comes as the same root democracy autocracy, the book about the study of power. and that's what it means. this is a study of donald trump's power, how does he get it, get away with it and it's the system of enabling. it's the system in the white house, the system between trump and congress. the system between trump and the media that enable him and create an audience. it's the system that involves his-- the republican donor leak, elements of the republican party coming to him and above all, between him and that core group of his voters within the republican party that enabled him to win the republican nomination and then go on to the presidency. >> watch after words, sunday night at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. this weekend on american history tv, on c-span 3. saturday at 8 p.m. eastern, on lectures in history. university of north carolina at chapel hill professor molly worthen on 20th century fundamentalism and the origins and growth of pentecostalism. >> fundamentalists are conservative protestants who milit

bush and columnist david from with his book trumpocracy. he is interviewed.t's a book about the study of how. this is the study of donald trump's power. how does he get away with it? it's the system of enabling. trumphe system between and the media that enable him and create the system that involves the republican party. it's between him and that core group of his voters who have enabled him to win the republican nomination. after words on book tv. >> watch the 2018 writers festival. starting with karl rove on presidential elections. columnistimes op-ed on u.s. foreign-policy. dave barry talks about his. margaret macmillan and john meacham on their favorite historical figures. watch the writers festival starting at 2:00 eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> washington journal continues. host: joining us is alex with the cato institute. policy immigration analyst. we wanted to do find this term that some people use, chain migration. we want to learn about what this program is about. we wanted to hear first from the president at the state of the union tuesday. he t

bush and atlantic columnist with his book -- trumpocracy, the corruption of the american public.is interviewed by a nonfiction book critic. >> it comes from the same root as democracy and talk receipt. it is a book about the study of power. that is with the suffix means. it is the study of donald trump's power, how did he get it? how to seek maintain it? how to get away with it? it is the system in the white house, between trump in congress, the between trump and the media that enabled him and created and not the in's, a system that involves the republican donor elites, the traditional elements of the republican party that have succumbed to him, and between him and the court group of voters within the republican party that enabled him to win that nomination and go on to the presidency. >> watch afterwards tonight at 9:00 p.m. on c-span2's booktv. >> "washington journal" continues. host: please welcome back the former deputy assistant to president trump and former national security adviser to the president and a fox news contributor and best selling author. guest: thanks for havin

trumpocracy is the system of enabling. the system, of the white house between trump in congress, between the media that enabled him an audience for a system that it involves the republican donor week. and above all between him and that core group of voters within the republican party who enabled him to win the republican nomination and go on to the presidency. >> watch afterwards tonight at 9:00 p.m. on c-span2's book tv. house and senate republicans held their annual retreat last week in west virginia. speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell spoke to reporters about the party's agenda. speaker ryan discussed the house intelligence memo prior to its release on friday. this is about 15 minutes.

bush and atlantic columnist david from on his book trumpocracy ci -- ." "trumpocracy" is a book about the study of power. this is a study of donald trump's power. how did he get it, how does he maintain it, how does he get away with it? itis the system of enabling, is the system between trump in congress, the system between trump and the media that enabled him and creates an audience, it is a system that involves the andblican donor elite, above all between him and that core group of his voters within the republican party who enabled him to win the republican nomination and then go on to the presidency. watch "afterwords" sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span two's book tv. of virginia representative ceo -- such as the recent hurricane efforts in houston. a recentussion is from internet conference in washington, d.c. and is 30 minutes. >> welcome. thank you for coming back. lunch, we areor sandwiching lunch between two chairman. we are on a tight schedule, but speakerduce our keynote for before

. >> trumpocracy, which comes from the same root of democracy and autocracy, is a book about the study of power. this is the study of donald trump's power. how did he get it, how did he obtain it, how he gets away with it. it is the system of enabling. it is the system between trump and congress, between trump and the media that enabled him. it is a system that involveshe'n post nonfiction the republican donor elite. and above all, between him and that core group of his voters within the republican party who enabled him to win the nomination and go on to the presidency. >> watch sunday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span2's book tv. >> >> next, a look at election security ahead of the 2018 midterms. this event included doug lute, deputy of homeland security at the homeland security advisor. from the chicago council on global affairs, this is one hour. >> this evening,