The US Constitution was designed to guard against the rise of a despot. A second Trump presidency would sorely test its safeguards.
Francis Fukuyama admits that he was wrong. He was wrong about Donald Trump. To his credit, the world’s most famous political scientist saw Trump coming long before anyone else.famously foresaw a Trump presidency as early as 2000, 16 years before he was elected. But Fukuyama was eight years ahead ofin nominating Trump as the sort of character who could pose a potential danger to the democratic order.
Where did Fukuyama go wrong about Trump? “Little did I know back then that Trump would not be satisfied just with being a billionaire – if, indeed, he is a billionaire. It wouldn’t be enough for him.”Nor would it be enough for Trump to compete for ultimate political power at the ballot box. He refused to accept the result of the 2020 election, and he’s made clear that he won’t accept the election result next week, either, unless he wins. His insistence on dominance brooks no constraint.
In the White House, Trump frequently was frustrated by principled people in his administration and the civil service. And in challenging the 2020 election result, he was thwarted by election officials and judges. But Fukuyama sees Trump’s forces making inroads into the judiciary. “I think the judiciary was probably one of the strongest checking institutions in the first Trump presidency.” With more than 60 legal challenges to the 2020 election results, the courts dismissed every one.But Trump’s most obvious gain since then is the Supreme Court decision in Trump v the US in July granting presidents immunity from prosecution for official acts.
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