Ralph Nader: Donald Trump as More of the Same

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 8, 2018

Ralph Nader, political activist and author of To the Ramparts: How Bush and Obama Paved the Way for the Trump Presidency, and Why It Isn't Too Late to Reverse Course (Seven Stories Press, 2018), argues the Trump presidency is part of a trend started under Bush and Obama to empower corporations at the expense of the working and middle classes.

-->Ralph Nader will be at Barnes & Noble (86th and Lexington Ave) on Wednesday, October 10, at 7 pm.

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