Interviews

Ashley Parker, “Going it Alone: Trump Increasingly Relies on Unilateral Action to Wield Power,” Washington Post, June 11, 2018.

Matt Kwong, “Trump Muses About Pardoning Himself, Experts on Authoritarian are Horrified,” CBC News, June 5, 2018.

“Background Briefing with Ian Masters,” (on Italian populist government), May 30, 2018. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/donald-trump-pardon-himself-authoritarianism-experts-fascism-horrified-1.4691331

Adam Klasfeld, “U.S. Faces Call to Action on Lost Migrant Children,” Courthouse News Service, May 25, 2018.

Louis Jacobson, “Madeleine Albright Compares Mussolini, Trump on Use of ‘Drain the Swamp’,” Politfact, May 9, 2018.

Rebecca Ruiz, “The Trump Administration is Hellbent on Erasing the Reality of People’s Lives,” Mashable.com, April 12, 2018. https://mashable.com/2018/04/12/trump-administration-censorship-website-removal/#uNzCJmPdVaqW

Justin Salhani, “When Bannon Visits His Far-Right Friends in Europe,” Arab Weekly (March 25, 2018). https://thearabweekly.com/when-bannon-visits-his-far-right-friends-europe

“The Dean Obeidallah Show,” SiriusXMProgress, February 12, 2018, March 5, 2018

“Background Briefing with Ian Masters,” KPRK, March 5, 2018 (on Italian elections).

S.V. Date, “Don’t Worry about Trump the Fascist. Trump the Inept Will Save Us,” Huffington Post , February 6, 2018.

CBC Evening News, February 5, 2018 (on Italian elections).

Tara McKelvey, “Stephen Miller: How much influence does he have on Trump,” BBC News, January 23, 2018.

John Kruzel, “Donald Trump’s ‘fake news’ epithet emboldens despots around the world,” Politfact January 22, 2018.

Alexander Nazaryan, “Trump’s ‘Fake News Awards’ Could Inspire Dictators Around the Globe,” Newsweek January 17, 2018.

Jason Schwartz, “Study: Americans View Media Negatively, Can’t Agree on Meaning of‘Fake News’,” Politico January 16, 2018.

Jack Smith IV, “This is fashwave, the suicidal retro-futurist art of the alt-right,” January 12, 2018.

Gregory Krieg, “Is the Imperial Presidency at Risk Under Trump? Historians Say No,” CNN.com, January 10, 2018. https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/10/politics/trump-change-imperial-presidency-power-history/index.html

Justin Salhani, “There’s a Resurgence of Far Right Groups in Italy and They’re Sponsored by Putin,” ThinkProgress, December 20, 2017. https://thinkprogress.org/italys-far-right-resurgence-putin-d870acc1da53/

Jason Schwartz, “Trump’s ‘Fake News’ Mantra a Hit with Despots,” Politico, December 8, 2017. https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/08/trump-fake-news-despots-287129

Annalisa Merelli, “Italy’s Neo-Fascism is What Happens You’re you Normalize Extremism,” Quartz, December 1, 2017. https://qz.com/1114170/normalizing-extremism-a-history-lesson-from-italys-fascist-resurgence/

Astead W. Herndon, “Republicans Are Changing their Views to Accommodate Trump, Polls Show,” Boston Globe, October 25, 2017. https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/10/25/republicans-change-long-held-opinions-accommodate-trump-polls-show/KD1uhgMw7vM51alvkiJBML/story.html

Stephen Collinson, “Trump’s Authoritarian Streak,” CNN.com, October 12, 2017.http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/12/politics/donald-trump-autocrats-politics/index.html

Bianca Giacobone, “Perché ci sono ancora cosi tanti monumenti fascisti in Italia?” Il Submarine, October 10, 2017 http://thesubmarine.it/2017/10/10/ruth-ben-ghiat-intervista/

BBC Evening World News, August 14, 2017, on white supremacy in America.

Ishaan Tharoor, “Trump Takes Another Authoritarian Turn with Arpaio Pardon,” Washington Post August 28, 2017.

Amanda Erickson, “What Authoritarianism Experts Think of Trump’s Decision to Pardon Joe Arpaio,” Washington Post , August 26, 2017.

“Hearsay with Cathy Lewis,” WHRV/WHRO (NPR/PBS) Norfolk, VA, August 23, 2017, on white nationalism after the Charlottesville rally.

“President Trump and the Alt-Right: A Test of Leadership,” On Point, August 14, 2017. ow.ly/F2ZW30eoYd

Rodrigo Craveiro, “Para especialistas, retórica de Trump causou ocorrido em Charlottesville,” Correio braziliense, August 14, 2017. http://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/mundo/2017/08/14/interna_mundo,617482/para-especialistas-retorica-de-trump-causou-ocorrido-charlottesville.shtml

“Clive Bull Show,” LBC Radio, August 13, 2017, on Trump and white nationalism.

BBC World News Tonight, August 8, 2017, on white nationalism and Charlottesville.

Daniel Dale, “Trump’s attacks on Sessions, Mueller raise concerns about ‘authoritarian’ tactics,” Toronto Star July 24, 2017. “Trump is Encouraging a Political and Cultural Civil War,”

Background Briefing with Ian Masters, KPFK, July 23, 2017.

Martin Gelin, “Så har Donald Trump förändrat USA på ett halvår,” Dagens Nyheter, July 20, 2017.

“Ruth Ben-Ghiat Analyzes Authoritarianism & Trump’s Predatory Masculinity,” The Chauncey DeVega Show June 12, 2017. Chauncey DeVega,

“Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Donald Trump ‘Looks like Mussolini’ but can be overcome,” Salon June 10, 2017.

Greg Sargent, “Trump is now raging at Jeff Sessions. This hints at a deeply unsettling pattern,” Washington Post, June 6, 2017.

“Historian of Fascism: Why Trump Firing FBI Director Comey…is so Worrisome,” Democracy Now! May 11, 2017. Will the GOP Act against Trump? Democracy Now

E.A. Crunden, “Experts in authoritarian regimes say Comey’s firing was a ‘shock event’,” ThinkProgress May 10, 2017.

“Is Trump a Fascist?” Haaretz (Weekend Magazine), March 31, 2017. LumsaNews.it, “L’alt-right approda alla Casa Bianca. Intervista con Ruth Ben-Ghiat,” February 28, 2017.

Is Trump A Fascist? Al-Jazeera Television, February 17, 2017.