Trump announced a 'surge' of federal agents to Democratic-led cities. The author of 'How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them' explains America's 'fascist forces.'

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  • Jason Stanley, a professor of philosophy at Yale University, is the author of 2018's "How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them."
  • Stanley spoke to Business Insider about the deployment of ICE in US cities; what "fascism" would look like if it came to America; what happens if the president is reelected; and why he is more worried about the Republican Party than he is of Donald Trump.
  • "I'm not saying that Trump is a fascist. Trump is certainly performing fascism — it's performative fascism that we're seeing. It's the tropes of fascism, and I think that's worrisome enough."
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President Donald Trump is doubling down on a "law and order" message ahead of a November election. Campaign ads paint his centrist opponent, Joe Biden, as a friend of the radical left determined to abolish the police (and the white suburbs), while federal agents in unmarked vans arbitrarily detain — and beat — people on the streets of Portland. Trump announced a "surge" of federal agents being sent to other Democratic-led cities.

It's a "busy time for fascism scholars," Jason Stanley, a professor of philosophy at Yale University, told Business Insider. The author of 2018's "How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them," Stanley has been sounding the alarm that whether or not one thinks the president of the United States merits the word "fascist," his is undoubtedly a fascist politics, trading in fear of the foreign other and the enemy within.

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