New Republic
Donald Trump has an obsession with total power, and America’s greatest democratic allies have taken notice.In an interview with CNN published late Monday, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalled that her first impression of the MAGA leader was his “fascination with the sheer power” of authoritarian leaders such as Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.“My impression always was that he dreamt of actually overriding maybe all those parliamentary bodies that he felt were in a way an encumbrance upon him…
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Trump Is Obsessed With “Sheer Power,” Warns Angela Merkel
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
04:27
Donald Trump has an obsession with total power, and America’s greatest democratic allies have taken notice.In an interview with CNN published late Monday, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalled that her first impression of the MAGA leader was his “fascination with the sheer power” of authoritarian leaders such as Russian President Vladimir Putin and North
