President Barack Obama on Tuesday during a conversation The Connecticut Forum in Hartford, CT with historian Heather Cox Richardson warned the United States is 'dangerously close' to slipping into an autocracy.

Former President Barack Obama shared his concerns on Tuesday about the state of American democracy, warning that the country may be on the brink of authoritarianism. What Happened: Speaking in Hartford,

Obama said the US was “dangerously close” to normalising behaviour “consistent with autocracies” under the Trump administration