Will US Democracy Survive Trump?
Donald Trump will be the first Republican president in two decades who won the popular vote – an achievement that both highlights and compounds the crisis of democracy the United States is now confronting. But Trump's mandate is not as strong as he claims, and autocracy is not a foregone conclusion.
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NEW HAVEN – Donald Trump’s inauguration as America’s 47th president will be historic in several ways. He will be America’s oldest president. He will be the first who is a convicted felon. And he will be the first Republican president in two decades who won the popular vote – an achievement that both highlights and compounds the crisis of democracy the United States is now confronting.