“Donald Trump rose to power with political campaigns that largely attacked external targets, including immigration from predominantly Muslim countries and from south of the United States-Mexico border,” the New York Times reports.
“But now, in his third presidential bid, some of his most vicious and debasing attacks have been leveled at domestic opponents…”
“This turn inward has sounded new alarms among experts on autocracy who have long worried about Mr.
Trump’s praise for foreign dictators and disdain for democratic ideals. They said the former president’s increasingly intensive focus on perceived internal enemies is a hallmark of dangerous totalitarian leaders.”