after vietnam. he wrote his memoir called a time to heal, and biden was going to heal the country. and he had reason to believe we might be able to heal in 2021. after all, mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham on and on denounced trump, but alas, a dictator kicked in. nobody in the republican party wants to square off with trump i see that all the time in american history. it s what dictators or authoritarian figures do all over. you cross me once and you re off my list. trump has done that quite effectively, so it puts the republican party from a historical point of view into the trenches with a nefarious figure like trump. it s not going to look good in the long run of american history because i believe we ll get through this kind of wave of nativism and becoming a kingdom of fear and get back to being the united states that has the
of trump has kicked in, as you mentioned, no one in the republican party wants to square off with trump. i see that all the time in american history. it s where dictators or authoritarian figures do it all, if you crossed me once you re off my list. trump has done that quite effectively. so it puts the republican party, from a historical point of view, into a trenches with a nefarious figure like trump. it s not going to look good in the long run of american history. because i believe will get through this kind of wave of nativism, and becoming a kingdom of fear, and get back to be in the united states that has the can dualism of the moon shot. we can only hope. douglas brinkley, thank you. coming up, new reporting from our own richard angle on the chaotic situation in kazakhstan, why russia is getting involved. when the 11th hour, continues. when the 11th hour, continues.
can you talk about that? yeah, you know, just the other day, because of the anniversary, i asked my students at rice university where i teach what year they were born, and i was startled to be reminded they weren t alive on 9/11. this is ancient history where perhaps the events of world war ii are ancient history in my time, yet they live in a post-9/11 world. the united states became a kingdom of fear in many ways. yes, there was that short period where the american flags prevailed and we had unity and george w. bush had 70% approval rating, but 9/11 made the bush administration focus on foreign policy and building what is called will union astonianism.