Trump’s moves on immigration are straight from the dictator’s playbook | Robert Reich
Demonising the ‘other’, confecting a crisis to entrench power and using cruelty to spread fear are all part of an assault on democracy
The first rule in the dictator’s playbook is to fuel public anger against the “other” – people said to be dangerous outsiders.
From the start of his campaign for president, Donald Trump has sought to make immigrants from Mexico and Latin America the nation’s nemesis.