Watergate journalist compares Trump to Hitler and Stalin.
Carl Bernstein, who helped expose former US President Richard Nixon's involvement in the Watergate scandal, described Donald Trump's attacks on the press as "more treacherous" than those made by his predecessor. In an interview with CNN, Bernstein said that Trump's rhetoric brings to mind "dictators and authoritarians, including Stalin and Hitler." "There is no civic consensus in this country like there was at the time of Watergate, about acceptable presidential conduct," the journalist stated. "Trump is on his own, conducting a demagogic attack on the institutions of democracy. We are in terrible authoritarian trends."
Do Infomoney - One of the reporters who helped expose former US President Richard Nixon's involvement in the Watergate scandal described Donald Trump's attacks on the press as "more treacherous" than those made by his predecessor. In an interview with CNN, Carl Bernstein said that Trump's rhetoric brings to mind "dictators and authoritarians, including Stalin and Hitler."
According to the former Washington Post reporter, while Nixon attacked his enemies in the private sphere, the current US president uses the public arena to present his narrative that the press is the "enemy of the American people." Trump's controversial posts on Twitter have become frequent. The US president's profile is followed by more than 25 million users.
"There is no civic consensus in this country like there was at the time of Watergate, regarding acceptable presidential conduct," the journalist stated. "Trump is on his own, conducting a demagogic attack on the institutions of democracy. We are in terrible authoritarian trends," he added.