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How will the summer of 2024 be remembered in US history?
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How will the summer of 2024 be remembered in US history?

We are living through history in the making, and it is stressful. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer asks media journalist Brian Stelter and Vanderbilt historian Nicole Hemmer how future generations will view the current political moment in the United States.

Extremists vs. moderates: The real divide in US politics
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Extremists vs. moderates: The real divide in US politics

On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer and media journalist Brian Stelter delve into the true nature of political divisions in the United States. Stelter argues that the real divides are not simply between Democrats and Republicans but between extremists and moderates.

Former President Trump stares into the crowd at the RNC and GZERO World with ian bremmer - the podcast
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Trump's close call and the RNC: Brian Stelter and Nicole Hemmer weigh in on a historic week in US politics

Listen: In the latest episode of the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer reflects on this pivotal week in US politics and welcomes back media journalist and former CNN show host Brian Stelter on the show alongside Vanderbilt political historian Nicole Hemmer. Former President Trump narrowly survived an assassination attempt, picked his VP candidate, presided over a united GOP at the Republican Convention, and all while a Democratic Party in disarray continued to clamor for Biden to step aside.

Breaking news: Trump shot in apparent assassination attempt
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Breaking news: Trump shot in apparent assassination attempt

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: The Trump assassination attempt is the worst event that can happen in today’s polarized America, and presages more political violence & social instability to come. Trump’s response to the assassination attempt was the opposite of Biden’s frail image. That response is going to rally his people for a long time.

The US is the world's most dysfunctional major democracy
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The US is the world's most dysfunctional major democracy

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: It's not like democracy all over the world is in crisis or is about to fall apart. It's not like most countries can't have normal elections. But the United States is an outlier. it's of course, the most powerful country in the world, but it's also the most dysfunctional major democracy. It's a democracy in crisis, and it's getting worse.

Do Donald Trump’s criminal convictions put American democracy at risk?
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Do Donald Trump’s criminal convictions put American democracy at risk?

Donald Trump’s guilty convictions are an unprecedented moment for US democracy, but can US political institutions withstand this kind of stress test?

Will Trump's criminal conviction cost him votes?
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Will Trump's criminal conviction cost him votes?

Just days after former President Donald Trump’s historic felony conviction, Ian Bremmer sits down with the New Yorker’s Susan Glasser and former US Attorney Preet Bharara to discuss the impact of the verdict conviction on the 2024 election and democracy itself.

In divided America, anything goes in the name of “protecting democracy"
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In divided America, anything goes in the name of “protecting democracy"

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: The one thing that almost all Americans today can agree on is that their political opponents at home are fundamentally opposed to democracy. When you believe that your political opponents are opposed to democracy, you take away their value as people, you think that their political views are wrong and they need to be erased.

Al Gore on US elections & climate change
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Al Gore on US elections & climate change

On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer sits down with former Vice President Al Gore—to get his take on the current state of American politics and the work he is now best known for—climate action.

Al Gore: "Artificial insanity" threatens democracy
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Al Gore: "Artificial insanity" threatens democracy

What accounts for the imperiled state of democracy? Misinformation, coupled with technology, is a big part, says former vice president and Nobel laureate Al Gore in an upcoming episode of GZERO World.