Thursday, September 10, 2026

The Far Right’s Terrifying Breakthrough in Germany | Thomas Zimmer & Susan J. Demas

Sep 9, 2026 | Germany’s far-right AfD has “broken containment”—and historian Thomas Zimmer says the normalization of extremism should alarm democracies on both sides of the Atlantic. Zimmer joins Susan J. Demas to explain the connection between MAGA and Germany’s far right, Elon Musk’s manufactured “vibe shift,” Trump’s struggle to consolidate authoritarian power and why Democrats should stop accommodating extremists and start showing some fight.