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Former Trump official Fiona Hill: 'President's actions have put us on the brink of civil war'
Former Trump National Security Council member Fiona Hill on Monday said that President Trump’s “actions have put us on the brink of civil war” after pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol last week.
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Former Trump National Security Council member Fiona Hill on Monday said that President Trump's "actions have put us on the brink of civil war" after pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol last week.
Hill, who served as the senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council called the Capitol raid a "coup" in a Politico op-ed, saying that a coup does not need to be a "sudden, violent seizure of power involving clandestine plots and military takeovers."
"Trump disguised what he was doing by operating in plain sight, talking openly about his intent," she said. "He normalized his actions so people would accept them. I've been studying authoritarian regimes for three decades, and I know the signs of a coup when I see them."
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Historically, most democracies (Greece, Rome) degenerated into autocracies, Rome via civil war.