Trump not the first in the US march to autocracy
The problem is not Trump but rather the legal and constitutional architecture that makes his ambitions entirely plausible
09 March 2025 - 00:00
Americans, ever eager to indulge in their exceptionalist fantasies, have long believed their constitutional system is a model of restraint, that the document framed in Philadelphia in 1787 provides a bulwark against despotism. This belief, held with the conviction of religious dogma, has taken a beating in recent years. ..
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