Hua Hsu, a contributing writer for newyorker.com and The New Yorker, an associate professor of English at Vassar College and former fellow at the New America Foundation, and the author of A Floating Chinaman: Fantasy and Failure across the Pacific (Harvard University Press, 2016), and Masha Gessen, the author of several books on Russia, including The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin (Riverhead Books, 2013), talk about what it means to normalize the presidency of Donald Trump, why it's dangerous, and if it can be avoided.
Now: Idealism may seem naive now, but will be crucial in Trump presidency says @huahsu. pic.twitter.com/04yuYproGt
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