Asked whether Donald Trump would damage America, Chomsky argued that the “main damage he will do is to the world, and it’s already happening.”

“The main damage he’ll do is to the world and it’s already happening” – Noam Chomsky on President Trump #newsnight pic.twitter.com/zWgHrACxE3 — BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) May 10, 2017

However, Chomsky also took the opportunity to attack the Democratic Party, claiming that they “gave up on the working class 40 years ago,” but he suggested that Republicans appeal to the working class only through policies of “white supremacy.”

“The Democrats gave up on the working class 40 years ago” – Noam Chomsky tells #newsnight pic.twitter.com/B1cjWoi2jD — BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) May 10, 2017

In April, Chomsky suggested that Donald Trump could stage a false terror attack at any point in order to “maintain control” of immigrant populations.