General
Donald Trump’s slow march against American democracy
During the final presidential debate, Donald Trump told white supremacists and the notorious Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by”. This week they stood up and embarrassed the United States before the eyes of the world.
The images of MAGA rioters occupying the House of Representatives, ransacking Nancy Pelosi’s office and flying Trump flags over a Capitol Building with inauguration bleachers at the ready and full of rioters, will endure. They will contribute an indelible stain not only on the Trump presidency but on the stock of democracy globally.
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How the United States reached this point will be fodder for historians in the decades to come, but for the most part it has happened in the open and in real time.
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