"Donald
Trump is to me the American version of Vladimir Putin," says Jerome Tuccille,
the best-selling author of the very first biography—1985's Trump—of the
billionaire developer. Between his bullying rhetorical style, barely contained
xenophobia, and scurrilous comments about Mexican immigrants, Tuccille says
Trump "is appealing to the worst elements in our society."
The author of
works about the libertarian movement, Ernest and Julio Gallo's wine empire,
Ernest Hemingway's politics, and much more, Tuccille's latest book is The
Roughest Riders: The Untold Story of the Black Soldiers in the Spanish-American
War.
"When republics start to fail, as ours is, it opens the door for
demagogue, a strong man. People say they want somebody new," Tuccille tells
Reason's Nick Gillespie.
That might explain Trump's appeal to voters, but
why does The Donald want to run for president?
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