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Ken Burns on Trump 'Authoritarianism': We will repair and restore but 'can’t be complacent'
MSNBC· 2026-05-18 13:01
We had unbelievable venality as well as virtue back during our founding and we have unbelievable virtue as well as venality now. So let's just figure out which do we wish to serve. The anxiety never is a good thing.Obviously I assume the reason most of you are here is that we don't want to serve the forces of authoritarianism. And so, how is it that we will put our democracy back on a sureer and straighter and truer track. Hello and welcome to the best people.This week is really special. I recently sat down ...