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Trump has become a template for a whole planet full of bad-faith actors and wannabe strongmen, MSNBC political analyst @mehdirhasan explains on today’ss @newabnormalpod

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Before he became the host of his own TV show in America, @mehdirhasan interviewed all sorts of international politicians: “What I noticed over the last few years is that they all now start talking like Trump.”

That can’t be good.
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Of course, all politicians are bullshit artists. But what’s different today, Hasan tells @mollyjongfast and @therickwilson, “is the way in which Trump and co. have turned lying into not just an art form, but an instrument of power.”
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The 2 also speak to Alex Gibney, the creator of COVID doc “Totally Under Control,” who shares his crew's intense safety process
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Then! Rick Wilson asks the questions on everyone’s mind, like: How much cash would it take to turn Texas blue? Why does Mike Lee hate democracy? Is mail order herpes a thing? And will Ted Cruz even remember Trump’s name on November 4th?
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