MaiThink X – The Show

US election: How a democracy can topple (7x5)

: 13, 2024

While right-wing populist and anti-democratic parties are gaining more influence in Europe, everyone is looking ahead to the US presidential election and a possible second term for Donald Trump. He is attracting attention through controversial appearances, but in the background Republican hardliners have been planning a systematic shift of power to the right and the undermining of democratic institutions for years. “MAITHINK X” looks behind Trump's theater at the concrete plans of the American right, which are less sensational but all the more dangerous. How can even a supposedly stable democracy start to topple and what are the gateways for this to happen in Germany too?