‘Why aren’t people more alarmed?’: As Trump becomes more extreme, Americans get used to it

USA Politics

Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric has become so extreme that analysts and historians are openly comparing him to Hitler and Mussolini. And yet the American public seems to treat him with the same semi-seriousness that has characterized his entire political career. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, New York University history professor, and Jason Stanley, Yale University philosophy professor, discuss with Ali Velshi. Watch more Alex Wagner Tonight clips on YouTube at MSNBC.com/Alex

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