随着中期选举的临近，唐纳德·特朗普继续采取强权主义举措：禁止记者进入白宫；试图以自己的名义重塑华盛顿特区的建筑风格；在电视上播放带有“亲爱的领袖”字样的视频。
As the midterms approach, Donald Trump is continuing to make strongman moves: banning reporters from the White House; trying to remake Washington DC’s architecture in his name; putting "Dear leader"-style videos on television.
但历史学家蒂莫西·斯奈德告诉凯·赖特，这实际上是软弱的迹象。
But historian Timothy Snyder tells Kai Wright that what this really is, is a sign of weakness.
尽管民主党似乎有望赢得中期选举，斯奈德认为如果他们真的获胜，就需要采取大胆果断的行动。
And even as the Democrats seemed poised to win the midterms, Snyder argues that the Democrats need to take bold, decisive action if they do win.
他们必须调查特朗普身边人员的明显腐败行为，并尽一切可能将金钱从政治中清除出去。
They have to investigate cases of obvious personal corruption among the people surrounding Trump and try everything they can to get money out of politics.
斯奈德是《论暴政》一书的作者，也是最早警告特朗普运动可能构成法西斯主义威胁的学者之一。
Snyder is the author of On Tyranny and one of the first scholars to warn that the Trump movement presented a threat that looked like fascism.