Trump’s ‘authoritarian genes’ trigger world fears

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One of the things that caught my attention when I recently interviewed former Mexican president Vicente Fox was that he seemed more worried about Donald Trump’s authoritarianism than by the presumptive Republican nominee’s constant Mexico-bashing.

In much of the world, Trump is seen as a potential tyrant, and has even been compared — probably unfairly, at least for now — to Adolf Hitler or Benito Mussolini. Many critics stress that these and other tyrants were at first regarded as eccentric politicians whose racist statements were not meant to be taken too seriously, until it was too late.

The respected British magazine The Economist recently cited a potential Trump presidency as “one of the top 10 global risks.” Germany’s most influential magazine, Der Spiegel, carried a cover story titled, “Donald Trump is the world’s most dangerous man.”

Fox, the former Mexican president, stressed repeatedly during our interview that Trump shows a blatant disregard for the independence of Congress, the judiciary, and the media, and the rule of law in general.

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