April 7, 2016

Trump is an 'American Demagogue,' Larry Summers Says

Donald Trump "is in a category with George Wallace, Joe McCarthy and Huey Long," former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says at event in Washington. Called a Trump presidency "profoundly dangerous," says it would break with American political traditions "We haven't had a president who encouraged violence against their opponents, we haven't had presidents who threatened to take money from newspapers who wrote things they didn't like" Does not think Trump will be elected, but "that he can command

Source: Bloomberg Politics