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Trump & the Kremlin. Stephen F. Cohen, @TheNation.com EastWestAccord.com. @Princeton University @NYU.

"...3. The circumstances of a Trump victory will embolden a candidate who has already demonstrated little regard for democratic norms. Trump has threatened to jail his political opponent. He has threatened to make it easier to punish journalists. He bragged about sexually assaulting women. He has promised to bring back torture and issue commands to American soldiers to commit war crimes. He was endorsed by the K.K.K. and he wants to ban Muslims from entering the United States. He has praised the Chinese crackdown of pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square. The only world leader for whom he has ever shown respect is Vladimir Putin, who dismantled democracy in Russia. He is a reckless demagogue. If he wins tonight, he will not be chastened. After an election in which he was right and everyone else was wrong, he will be supremely confident that normal rules don’t apply to him, because for two years they haven’t. Every dangerous instinct he has demonstrated will be fed by the circumstances of a victory tonight...."

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