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Historian Timothy Snyder: Trump running US foreign policy 'as though he were an organized criminal'

Who really holds power in Donald Trump's America: the president or the billionaires surrounding him?

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 3, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC

As Americans head to the polls for the midterm elections, François Picard welcomes historian Timothy Snyder, professor at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs, for a conversation about the future of American democracy, the growing political influence of technology billionaires and the dangers of a new Gilded Age.

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