i think his global fan club would have grown, i think if he loses one hopes that the strongman model that he kind of epitomizes will be discredited a bit. how do you crack that? how do you topple a strongman like that? president biden very recently saying that he s not sure putin sees a way out of this. well, that s right. i mean, i think there are strongman leaders in some democratic countries where you might have the option of an election. obviously, that doesn t apply, in russia, they have elections and essentially they re rigged. this is a question we re asking, you can put enormous economic pressure on russia and that s happening. you can see dissent in russia and that s happening but actually having a revolution on the streets that people feel their living standards are falling that would be repressed with extreme violence. i ve seen that happen on the streets of moscow. it s getting even worse now. and the other option that people might look at it, you know, say an internal
china s xinjiang region, allegations that china strongly de denies. a big contrast to 2008 when george w. bush was in the stands, shoulder to shoulder to chinese leaders. this time around, a very different guest of honor. vladimir putin. along with putin, there were other autocratic and strongman leaders, including saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman, leaders of egypt, turkmenistan, china surrounding itself with a very different set of friends. salina wang in beijing. president putin never left the sidelines. but he very much had a starring role after meeting with chinese president xi jinping. they not only announced their united opposition to nato expanse dwron but said they re deepening strategic partnership has, quote, no limits. joining us to discuss, robin wright, columnist for the new yorker and distinguished fellow at the woodrow wilson sister and retired lieutenant general mark
the russian government s goal is to weaken our country. to diminish america s global role and to neutralize a perceived u.s. threat to russian interests. we are running out of time to stop them. her testimony in donald trump s first impeachment hearing, november 2019, began with a warning. stop. stop spreading disinformation. stop. stop playing in to vladimir putin s hands. now, nearly two years later, in her new memoir, there s nothing for you here, russia policy expert fiona hill, once donald trump s top russia specialist, offers this assessment of the united states in the wake of trump s presidency. quote, russia is america s ghost of christmas future, a harbinger of things to come. if we can t adjust course and heal our political polarization. her realization after years serving in trump s administration, quote, donald trump began to follow the authoritarian s playbook, scripted by vladimir putin and other strongman leaders. it s borne out by today s headlines, a scheme to pres
the back of farms of rural north carolina they were the only world that he knew now my grandfather survived an ambush by german soldiers by playing dead he didn t flinch when a german soldier used a bayonet to stamp his wrist to make sure that the bullets had worked he was the only survivor in his company he received a purple heart the medal that given to us soldiers who were wounded in battle he received that when he returned home but that could not prevent the 20 years of nightmares that would follow and he never talked about the war like most in his generation those soldiers were the strong silent type as their numbers nailed window wild strongman leaders are multiplying in challenging the peace and principles that those legions of grandfathers secured force i don t know what my grandfather would say about the leaders of today but i am confident he would tell us to do the right thing to make sure another generation doesn t have its own
a deal before the elections. how do strongman leaders been twist democracy to fit their will you could look to russia but it s whaler and then there is turkey president air to one s political party lost control of is stamboul in municipal elections back in march it was such a shock to air to one that next month it stamboul will repeat its alexion tonight i ll ask the ones a key party what s the plan next time to make sure the will of the people follows the plan of the president i m bringing off in berlin this is the day. for the shuttle what has been changed has been corruption full this is clear and unambiguous cannonading came from somebody who doesn t want to lose his palace so