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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower
I think Trump's press conference probably provided the answer to your question, but it was hard for me to understand what he was saying with Putin's dick in his mouth.
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The system is resilient. Democracy is not failing. What I think a lot of the despair and anger of the left derives from is that the right has held back decades of hope for progressivism via SCOTUS, and that Trump has mainstreamed a white populist movement which has become a potent political force.
Those are good reasons for concern. But those are political and domestic. The fear that Trump is going to destroy the system and become a de facto autocrat in league with Putin or Erdogan is frivolous. The checks and balances that block that sort of thing have yet to even be engaged. And judging from GOP disgust at yesterday's press conference, they will be utilized in a bipartisan manner.
