According to one of the great practitioners of the art of political persuasion and campaign direction, it just may be. And our greatest danger may be our inability or willingness to recognize what’s happening, before it’s too late. Donald Trump has made clear his intent to take the powers of the presidency to a whole new level, imagined by the Founders, if he is given a second term by the voters. He wants to use the Justice Department to punish political enemies, gut civil service and expel or encamp people who he believes have no business being here. Recently, at a rally, he said those who support him have ‘good genes’, which rhymes with what the world’s last big war had to address in middle Europe. He’s been known to say the quiet parts out loud before, but he will feel unbridled if he plays legal Houdini and escapes to win the White House in 2024. The man whose warnings ring truest and clearest with me, whenever I see him on television, or read his thoughts, such as those put forward in his new book, “The Conspiracy to End America: Five Ways My Old Party is Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy” is our guest, Stuart Stevens. Stevens has run numerous GOP campaigns for presidents, governors and senators He will lay out the building blocks of autocracy and how they are well in place unless we recognize them and act. Have we taken democracy for granted? Will we pay the price? We’ll discuss today on this podcast.