Michael Beschloss: If Trump Wins He Will Ban Historians from Writing Books, We May Become Nazi Germany

GEIST Michael you and ░░░░░░░░ and other great historians ░░░░░░░░ talk about hinge days ░░░░░░░░ history hinge moments in ░░░░░░░░ We could go through ░░░░░░░░ all over the last ░░░░░░░░ years in this country ░░░░░░░░ does feel in many ░░░░░░░░ like a hinge day ░░░░░░░░ is to say we ░░░░░░░░ going down one of ░░░░░░░░ very different paths by ░░░░░░░░ tomorrow morning BESCHLOSS Yes ░░░░░░░░ that s what if ░░░░░░░░ in the future are ░░░░░░░░ to write books and ░░░░░░░░ the way that question ░░░░░░░░ open this morning and ░░░░░░░░ people are allowed to ░░░░░░░░ on television and say ░░░░░░░░ they think in the ░░░░░░░░ which again that question ░░░░░░░░ open this morning in ░░░░░░░░ future historians are going ░░░░░░░░ look back on this ░░░░░░░░ and say this is ░░░░░░░░ day that America made ░░░░░░░░ choice between freedom and ░░░░░░░░ on one side and ░░░░░░░░ and dictatorship on the ░░░░░░░░ SCARBOROUGH Hey Michael can ░░░░░░░░ restate something for you ░░░░░░░░ Please SCARBOROUGH It s ░░░░░░░░ that historians won t ░░░░░░░░ able to write those ░░░░░░░░ It may be that ░░░░░░░░ billionaires and the corporations ░░░░░░░░ own the publishing houses ░░░░░░░░ refuse to print the ░░░░░░░░ BESCHLOSS Absolutely SCARBOROUGH We ░░░░░░░░ seen that with the ░░░░░░░░ Times we have seen ░░░░░░░░ with The Washington Post ░░░░░░░░ will not get into ░░░░░░░░ We ve even seen ░░░░░░░░ with other countries liberal ░░░░░░░░ who so feared Donald ░░░░░░░░ that they are already ░░░░░░░░ already preparing for the ░░░░░░░░ We see billionaires on ░░░░░░░░ Street who six months ░░░░░░░░ expressed contempt for Donald ░░░░░░░░ people that walked away ░░░░░░░░ him after January 6th ░░░░░░░░ that he was bad ░░░░░░░░ American democracy who are ░░░░░░░░ preemptively kowtowing to someone ░░░░░░░░ fear will be an ░░░░░░░░ leader So this is ░░░░░░░░ high drama This is ░░░░░░░░ reality we re living ░░░░░░░░ Who would have believed ░░░░░░░░ weeks ago that The ░░░░░░░░ Post who rewrote the ░░░░░░░░ of journalistic history with ░░░░░░░░ and Bernstein by keeping ░░░░░░░░ accountable who would have ░░░░░░░░ believed a few weeks ░░░░░░░░ that The Washington Post ░░░░░░░░ have written an opinion ░░░░░░░░ Kamala Harris and their ░░░░░░░░ owner would scuttle it ░░░░░░░░ few day before the ░░░░░░░░ because he was so ░░░░░░░░ that a vengeful Donald ░░░░░░░░ would go after his ░░░░░░░░ Not just The Post ░░░░░░░░ Amazon his AI business ░░░░░░░░ would have believed that ░░░░░░░░ now that s the ░░░░░░░░ we live in BRZEZINSKI ░░░░░░░░ BESCHLOSS It is And ░░░░░░░░ s what happens when ░░░░░░░░ men come to power ░░░░░░░░ happened in Italy in ░░░░░░░░ 1920s and 1930s Germany ░░░░░░░░ the 1930s Certainly has ░░░░░░░░ in Hungary Viktor Orban ░░░░░░░░ course is one of ░░░░░░░░ Trump s most notorious ░░░░░░░░ He said we should ░░░░░░░░ that model and so ░░░░░░░░ may be And this ░░░░░░░░ what happens when America ░░░░░░░░ to go toward dictatorship ░░░░░░░░ think all of us ░░░░░░░░ know talking right now ░░░░░░░░ would have all said ░░░░░░░░ ll speak for all ░░░░░░░░ us and if I ░░░░░░░░ wrong correct me If ░░░░░░░░ had discussed this 20 ░░░░░░░░ ago and we had ░░░░░░░░ one of the two ░░░░░░░░ party nominees is promising ░░░░░░░░ as Joe was saying ░░░░░░░░ the Constitution pit the ░░░░░░░░ Department the Defense Department ░░░░░░░░ political enemies and run ░░░░░░░░ country out of the ░░░░░░░░ House telling businesses what ░░░░░░░░ do small businesses labor ░░░░░░░░ it s all done ░░░░░░░░ one leader in the ░░░░░░░░ House giving orders we ░░░░░░░░ have said that person ░░░░░░░░ not get 50 of ░░░░░░░░ vote As we speak ░░░░░░░░ morning the polls that ░░░░░░░░ all are talking about ░░░░░░░░ that a presidential nominee ░░░░░░░░ have to give Donald ░░░░░░░░ credit for this he ░░░░░░░░ been straightforward He has ░░░░░░░░ If you elect me ░░░░░░░░ ll get violence dictatorship ░░░░░░░░ at least a day ░░░░░░░░ has made very clear ░░░░░░░░ s going to happen ░░░░░░░░ s a campaign promise ░░░░░░░░ what I can t ░░░░░░░░ is that half the ░░░░░░░░ seems to think that ░░░░░░░░ fine.”