“For Orbán in Hungary, it took about four years, for Vučić in Serbia, it took eight years, and for Erdoğan in Turkey and Modi in India, it took about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one year,” Lindberg says.

US democracy is now back at the worst recorded level since 1965, when US civil rights laws first introduced de facto universal suffrage. All progress made since then has been erased, according to the report.

Worldwide, democracy has receded to its lowest levels since the mid-70s. “The world has never before seen as many countries autocratising at the same time,” Lindberg says.

A record 41% (3.4 billion) of the world’s population currently resides in countries where democracy is deteriorating, the report claims, adding that Washington is leading this global turn away from democracy.

I hate to say it but, du-doy!

No shit Sherlock

Duh.

I've been buying up guns and ammo for the coming war as Plan B. The other plan is to bail on this country but unfortunately I'm about a year out on that.

Anyone who thinks the midterms will fix things is delusional. Anyone who thinks simply voting will change things at this point is off their rocker. I'm not saying don't do that, but the entire system is rigged against us and until those in power fear walking out their front door - nothing will change.

Obligatory: Don't Be a Sucker

It's not like he said it verbatim, on record, multiple times right ?

No shit.

And it's getting handed to him since he's too much of a moron to get there himself.

We've been screaming that for years and it's happening, bit by bit the Untied States is committing another fucking holocaust, and nothing is being done to stop it

That is a soft soap. It's not the president, it's the party. The party has been working towards this for decades, half a century. Stop weak sistering it guardian. (although I appreciate you being there.)

Isn't it already? It's not like anyone is really holding him to account.

That was the plan since he descended down his gold plated escalator.

Duh, he said so.

Americans are aiming to watch fallout season 3, and listen to the latest Kendrick lamar while the world burns.

Like everything Trump touches, it will start to look successful and then fail so spectacularly that it will prevent that kind of organization from reforming for years.