Kendzior has spent years studying authoritarian kleptocracies and observing them at close range. When most US-based journalists, including some of the best, were predicting a Clinton win, she called it for Trump. When most everyone at least hoped, if not believed, that he would smarten up after winning the election she predicted that he would not, and that all the extreme promises he had made- the wall, the Muslim ban, the deportations - were for real. She has also written with compassion for and deep understanding of the voters who gave him their support. If there is a US-based journalist writing today who has more insight, credibility or authority on the topic of Trump, I'd like to know who s/he is so I can follow them.