If Trump Wins: 'Inviting the Dark Ages Across the Planet' | Amanpour and Company

Jeffrey Goldberg is Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic. He recently launched a special edition of the magazine, warning of the grave and extreme consequences if Trump were to become president again. He tells the show why a second term would be even more dangerous than the first.

Originally aired on December 11, 2023

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[sumdude]

IT IS NOT OVERBLOWN. People get your heads out ur arse. This is real. This is what the Greatest Generation sacrificed so much to defeat. What are founders fought against.

[dspondike]

There is no such a thing as a “Dictator for a Day”. Any sane person knows this. Right?

[leannevandekew]

I've met Trump many times. I worked at the McDonalds on East 47th in Manhattan. He would very slowly and ponderously order: 2 Big Macs, 2 Quarter Pounders and 2 Filet-O-Fish, regularly . I thought he was an i/dd adult.
I would ask him if it was all for him.
He replied: " You bet, Honey. You're too pretty to work here. How old are you, Honey?"
Trump is an idiot savant.

[machopicchu]

I fear Kristallnacht, and I am not even Jewish.

[terrylovesenegal]

Americans have to stop the two party. system and broaden its political voting options. The world is very pissed off and tired at your election system, each time a president gets elected we all suffer. There has not been a good caring non-corrupt President in the US for what? 100 years? It's got to stop.

[gbvxquh]

Republicans, please consider Nikki Haley. If she's the Republican candidate, Trump will be in the rear-view mirror. We need to get a Republican nominee that is not Trump, for the candidates to leave Trump behind.

[bdadolph]

I now believe most Americans do not have enough knowledge of our institutions to realize the threat here

[Langer]

Unfortunately we're probably going to end up learning from this the hard way. We're too stupid to realize what is right in front of us.

[rosariodeleon]

The people in the US have no idea of what it’s like to live under a dictatorship. My parents lived under one for 31 years.😢

[alansmitheejr.]

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

[kellywillis]

I think the media and the Democrats are not treating a possible Trump second term with the urgency and gravity it deserves. This world is steering into abyss.

[chuckstrawn]

If a Democrat acted and talked like trump, the GOP would be 'hair on fire' outraged. Full stop!

[JoeKNYC]

What truly blows my mind is all of these people who thought that the Republican Party was ever anything other than a pit of opportunistic vipers who serve the rich. Where have you been for the last 30 years? 🤦🏻‍♂️

[rui]

“When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.”

[bobbart]

... " Dictator for one day " .... NO Dictator throughout ALL OF HISTORY has EVER been a " Dictator for one day " - People, for Chrissake - USE YOUR BRAINS ...

[lifestoryguy]

As Joseph de Maistre said: "People get the government they deserve'

[munchey]

Anyone who thinks it’s overblown hasn’t been paying attention.

[davincidreams]

It could be ANYONE. Because the requirements are LOYALTY to Trump not expertise or experience

[kymbartley]

The Atlantic is an amazing publication, and I applaud their courage and honesty. This is an important election, but the choice is clear: Biden has been a good president, and t rump is a madman.

[pinkpearl]

Stuff like this just confirms over and over and over again how naive the general public in America are. Utterly lacking in moral grounding or critical thinking skills, Americans continue to plunge themselves into a mess of their own making.