Evolving Extremes: The Rhetoric of Political Crisis and Strongman Tactics

Former President Donald Trump has always embraced dehumanizing rhetoric, but now as he tries to capture the presidency again, he's making even more extreme statements.

It's a strategy that gets him lots of attention and that fuels his base.

NPR's Juana Summers talks to White House correspondent Franco Ordonez and domestic extremism correspondent Odette Yousef about Trump's use of increasingly autocratic statements and social media posts.

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