now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. donald trump is now holed up in florida, not the white house, and his presidency is history. so, not surprisingly, historians are trying to find some perspective on a president who stress tested american democracy like no other. my guest is timothy snyder, one of america s leading historians of totalitarianism and the holocaust. he believes trump and his movement brought america face to face with early stage fascism. is that pushing historical parallels too far? professor timothy snyder in vienna, welcome to hardtalk. glad to be with you. you are a world renowned historian, but increasingly you seem to be engaged with the politics of the present and i m wondering why that is. is it for the simple reason that you do not believe the lessons of history are being learned? i think a lot of it has to do with demand. i think a lot of it has to do with the fact that, whether you re in the us,
with stephen sackur welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. donald trump is now holed up in florida, not the white house, and his presidency is history. so, not surprisingly, historians are trying to find some perspective on a president who stress tested american democracy like no other. my guest is timothy snyder, one of america s leading historians of totalitarianism and the holocaust. he believes trump and his movement brought america face to face with early stage fascism. is that pushing historical parallels too far? professor timothy snyder in vienna, welcome to hardtalk. glad to be with you. you are a world renowned historian, but increasingly you seem to be engaged with the politics of the present and i m wondering why that is. is it for the simple reason that you do not believe the lessons of history are being learned? i think a lot of it has to do with demand. has to do with the fact that, whether you re in the us, or in the uk or in europe, or other places, there h
it s hardtalk now with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. donald trump is now holed up in florida, not the white house, and his presidency is history. so, not surprisingly, historians are trying to find some perspective on a president who stress tested american democracy like no other. my guest is timothy snyder, one of america s leading historians of totalitarianism and the holocaust. he believes trump and his movement brought america face to face with early stage fascism. is that pushing historical parallels too far? professor timothy snyder in vienna, welcome to hardtalk. glad to be with you. you are a world renowned historian, but increasingly you seem to be engaged with the politics of the present and i m wondering why that is. is it for the simple reason that you do not believe the lessons of history are being learned? i think a lot of it has to do with demand. has to do with the fact that, whether you re in the us, or in the uk or in europe, or ot
with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. donald trump is now holed up in florida, not the white house, and his presidency is history. so, not surprisingly, historians are trying to find some perspective on a president who stress tested american democracy like no other. my guest is timothy snyder, one of america s leading historians of totalitarianism and the holocaust. he believes trump and his movement brought america face to face with early stage fascism. is that pushing historical parallels too far? professor timothy snyder in vienna, welcome to hardtalk. glad to be with you. you are a world renowned historian, but increasingly you seem to be engaged with the politics of the present and i m wondering why that is. is it for the simple reason that you do not believe the lessons of history are being learned? i think a lot of it has to do with demand. i think a lot of it has to do with the fact that, whether you re in the us, or in the uk or in europe, or
coalition are telling hospitals in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate ok robert let s go to you in washington what do you what is your assessment so far of the proceedings that it will see most likely judge bear become an associate justice of the supreme court i was very troubled to be honest with you the number of times the democrats said shameful shameless i mean what what is shameful about the legal process that we re seeing right now i understand fully well that there s a lot of issues that divide people here but the proceedings themselves are pretty straightforward and the 1st time it s happened but the media doesn t give you that impression so what do you think what are you about are on these proceedings. proceeding scrivener them 20 claim to 16 m m m m going to stretch in the paper mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham and i remember. my words but. some pretty. messed up some but remember some rooms where the sort of nothing happens