Chuck Darwin on Nostr: Donald Trump is dismantling U.S. democracy at an “unprecedented” rate, ...

Donald Trump is dismantling U.S. democracy at an “unprecedented” rate,
downgrading the U.S.’s democratic rating on a global scale
and plunging the country toward autocracy at a faster rate than autocratic leaders of other countries in the 21st century,
the latest report by an international democracy watchdog finds.

Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at Sweden’s Gothenburg University finds in its annual report that
Trump’s second term has been characterized by a swift concentration of power in the executive branch
that ignores the rule of law,
suppresses dissent,
and targets civil rights.

Many countries are falling further into autocracy, the report finds.
But the U.S. stands out as “an exceptional new autocratizer due to both far-reaching changes in 2025 and their implications for the rest of the world,” the group writes.
“The extensive damage already done to American democracy under the second Trump presidency
— in just one year
— stands out on the world map.”
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-destroying-us-democracy-at-unprecedented-rate-global-watchdog-finds/