# Ominous Signs: Why Trump and GOP Believe They’ll Never Face Accountability

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Podcast: [WPKN: Politics, Policy, and Planet Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wpkn-politics-policy-and-planet-podcast-7035361)
Published: 2026-05-29T04:51:35+00:00
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## Resource

Interview with Paul Street, an independent radical-democratic policy researcher, journalist, historian and author of This Happened Here: Amerikaners, Neoliberals, and the Trumping of America, conducted by Scott Harris. Paul Street talks about his recent Counterpunch.org commentary, “ Why Trump Is So Indifferent to Public Opinion in an Election Year.” Street is author of This Happened Here: Amerikaners, Neoliberals, and the Trumping of America.

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