CULTS OF PERSONALITY: POWER AND FEAR

Donald Trump just told a rally in Iowa that Democrats want to kill them and wipe Iowa off the map. Woah!- How dangerous is this kind of talk? Is it possible Trump will move from being acquitted in the Senate by cowed Republicans to postponing the election like so many strongmen before him? Are Republican Senators who believe Trump is guilty actually afraid of armed Trump supporters threatening to kill them and their family?

Thom is joined by Krystal Ball, host of 'The Rising' on Hill TV, and coauthor of "The Populist's Guide to 2020: A New Right and New Left are Rising"- along with her cohost and right-wing populist Saagar Enjeti. Why is populist anger rising here in America and around the world and why is this invisible to the political pundits?

Thom reads from N.B. Turner's book 'Is China an Imperialist Country?'

And as the new corona virus caught from a slaughtered wild animal continues to spread, in addition to the human cost, could we be looking at a major economic impact?

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