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.

Barack Obama cautioned that the U.S. is nearing the normalization of behaviors seen in autocratic regimes, drawing parallels to Hungary's political model. He emphasized the importance of facts and rebuked falsehoods about the 2020 election,

In rare public remarks, Barack Obama issued a warning on the state of American democracy but said he’s still “optimistic” about the future of the U.S.