We just talked live with the economist, author, and fellow Substacker Paul Krugman, one of the most perceptive critics of our times, about where the country is a year into the second Trump term, why autocracy hasn’t caught on in the United States, and why he sees in Minneapolis the possibility of an American color revolution — real hope, at last, for the country’s future. We also talked about:
Why mass deportation was the issue that finally woke up Americans
Whether Trump will try to interfere with the midterms
What might prevent the U.S. from sliding into autocracy like Hungary
How the world is moving on after its divorce from America
Did billionaires get anything out of their Faustian bargain with Trump?
Can Zohran Mamdani get the ultrawealthy to pay their fair share?
Whether he thinks we can recover from the severe illness of Trumpism
If you want to understand where the country is now and what it might look like after Donald Trump, just click on the video player above.
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