Summary: On The Gist, before Donald Trump’s headline-hogging presidency, things like bridge collapses made news for more than a few days. <br><br>In the interview, Cass Sunstein’s new book asks if the U.S. is fundamentally immune to authoritarianism, or whether president Trump has proved the opposite. His new book—<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/006269619X/?tag=slatmaga-20"><em>Can It Happen Here?: Authoritarianism in America</em></a>—puts the question to more than a dozen leading writers. <br><br>In the Spiel, Betsy DeVos is totally incompetent, but at least that’s made obvious every time she speaks.
