Strongman in the USA - Ruth Ben-Ghiat | The Open Mind

Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat discusses Trump’s defiance of the 2020 election results and the authoritarian playbook. Taped: 11/9/2020. Aired: 12/6/20 Premiered in May 1956, Open Mind was created and hosted by Richard D. Heffner, American historian, broadcaster, and University Professor of Communications and Public Policy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Fifty years after its first broadcast, Open Mind continues with a new host, Mr. Heffner's grandson, Alexander Heffner. Open Mind as a weekly public affairs program was designed to elicit guests' most meaningful insights into the challenges Americans face in a variety of contemporary areas of national concern. Watch more The Open Mind at CUNY TV https://tv.cuny.edu/show/openmind Subscribe to the CUNY TV channel: https://bit.ly/2GmGb13 Subscribe to the Series Playlist: https://bit.ly/2VN8oc9 Follow CUNY TV: Facebook:   / cunytv   Twitter:   / cunytv   Instagram:   / cuny_tv   YouTube:    / cunytv75   LinkedIn:   / cunytv   Find more from CUNY TV at https://tv.cuny.edu OPEN202028