United States: what to do in the face of extreme right-wing groups?

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Supporters of US President Donald Trump including Jake Angeli (center with fur hat), famous QAnon activist, January 6, 2021 in the Capitol in Washington.

AP - Manuel Balce Ceneta

By: Romain Auzouy

21 min

The American authorities are on the teeth on the eve of the inauguration of Joe Biden in the White House.

The capital Washington is almost cordoned off, and more than 20,000 soldiers are expected to secure a ceremony announced under high tension.

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The images of the assault on Capitol Hill on January 6 by radical supporters of Donald Trump are still in everyone's mind.

Who are these far right groups causing chaos, what threats do they pose to the United States?

What should be Joe Biden's strategy to limit their influence?

With our guests 

Pierre Gervais

, historian, professor of American civilization at the University Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, and author of the book 

History of the United States from 1860 to the present day

  at the editions Hachette and

Thomas Huchon

, journalist and director specializing in the web and the disinformation. 

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