David Axelrod: Trump’s Takeover of Cultural, Historical Institutions Has a ‘Stalinist Fell to It’

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AXELROD: "Yeah. Let‘s also remember what the civil war was about. I mean, the statues he wants to restore are people who are fighting to retain slavery, and that is just a historical fact. You know, this has just kind of a Soviet feel to it, a Stalinist feel to it, that you just, you know, you take over cultural institutions and historical institutions and you try and rewrite history. But as you pointed out before, Anderson, this is a president who is rewriting history every day, and he believes that you can do that. You know, when crime is — crime is up? No, crime is down. Things cost less? No, things cost more. I mean, this goes on and on. And I think he feels as if he has the authority to impose his will. And the irony, as Professor Brooks said, is that in this instance, this is all around the 250th anniversary of our Founding Fathers declaring themselves free of a mad king. And you wonder what they would think coming back today and watching this."