said it s not russia. i will say this, i don t see any reason why it would be. that s former president donald trump in 2019 heaping praise on hungary s far-right leader viktor orban. and the year before, defending russian president vladimir putin over his own intelligence officials in response to a question i asked him in helsinki. since entering politics, trump has challenged authoritarian leaders of the past and present time and time again. how effective has it been? joining us now is marcell daneski of linguistics and anthropology. and the author of politics, lies and conspiracy theories, a thank you for being with us, sir. tell us what you found and this draw. we know trump likes to channel these strongman leaders.
this summer. to your point, the window is closing for another democrat to get into the race. you have filing deadlines to get into the race. that s a challenge. that s coming up. it has to be this fall if you re going to have a real democratic challenge. it has to be this fall. real fast, though, the opportunity is in new hampshire because biden probably isn t going to be on the ballot there. it is still going to be covered. can some democrat, a challenger to biden, get on the ballot in new hampshire and get some kind of a bounce from that? it is very unlikely. if it is going to happen, if there is going to be a serious challenge to biden, it ll be this fall. the snafu in new hampshire with the change of the state going first, much to the dismay of the granit state. david and jonathan, thank you for being here. great reporting. ahead on morning joe, why do somepl support donald trump also wind up believing conspiracy theories?
so difficult to change someone s mind who is really hard-wired to believe a conspiracy. a fascinating conversation here. the new book is titled politics, lies and conspiracy theories, a cognitive linguistic perspective. and professor of linguistics an anthropology, marcel. also, a column, what donald trump and viktor orban understand about your brain. coming up, front pages across the country. including efforts in one state to hold cyber criminals accountable. it s costing millions. plus, the kremlin is blaming ukraine for bringing the war from the battlefield to the heart of russia, following a new drone attack in moscow. that new video and president zelenskyy s warning for president putin is straight ahead. morning joe will be right back.
superseding indictment, it s between de oliveira and a fourth employee who appears to be cooperating, where he says, the boss wants the footage deleted. obviously, what they would like to do is flip mr. de oliveira and have him testify about his conversations with donald trump and if those, in fact, were the conversations, that becomes a devastating witness. but there s reporting that, you know, they brought him in and talked to him under what is known as a proffer, a queen for a day proffer. according to the washington post, they didn t like what he said, and they believe he lied to them, which is why they ve charged him with false statements. he is represented by an attorney who is paid for by donald trump s supe pac. thus far, he is standing firm. it raises a bit of a question about how strong the evidence is here in terms of pinning on mr. trump the conspiracy to delete the footage. we ll have to see if this is all the prosecutors have, jonathan. a conspiracy complete with re
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