Senior US Senator Bernie Sanders has called the US President Donald Trump as the clear inspiration for authoritarian leaders referring to Saudi Arabia as a particular instance.
Sanders: Trump inspired authoritarian leaders, Saudi Arabia
10 Oct 2018 - 15:22
Senior US Senator Bernie Sanders has called the US President Donald Trump as the clear inspiration for authoritarian leaders referring to Saudi Arabia as a particular instance.
The Vermont lawmaker made the comments during a speech on authoritarian threats at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies on Tuesday.
"While this authoritarian trend certainly did not begin with Donald Trump, there’s no question that other authoritarian leaders around the world have drawn inspiration from the fact that the president of the world’s oldest and most powerful democracy is shattering democratic norms, is viciously attacking an independent media and an independent judiciary, and is scapegoating the weakest and most vulnerable members of our society," he said.
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