If democracy is to be saved, it's up to U.S. citizenry

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By Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg Opinion

Is Donald Trump’s rampage through the U.S. Government, including those parts outsourced to Elon Musk in open contempt of the law, evidence that the president is weak; limited by narrow majorities in Congress, institutional constraints on the executive and courts asserting constitutional prerogatives? Or proof that he is strong; untouchable by law or politics?

The question has been kicked around by columnists and political analysts for a couple of weeks now. It’s more than an academic discussion. The answer points either to a future of U.S. authoritarianism or one in which democracy and constitutionalism yet cling to life.

“The threats to American democracy in the United States are now immediate, serious, and mounting by the day,” democracy scholar Larry Diamond wrote this week. “Multiple illegal and unconstitutional acts are happening, and the guardrails that check and restrain authoritarian abuse are rapidly falling away.”

The case for weakness is a small-d democratic one. If Trump were a strong executive, this analysis goes, he would forge legislation, get it passed by his party’s majorities in Congress and sign it into law.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comment-if-democracy-is-to-be-saved-its-up-to-u-s-citizenry/

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1. "Americans made Trump strong. Only Americans can make him weak."

This is the closing line of above article. Good read.