After Trump: Proposals for a Post-Authoritarian America
How Democrats can lead the charge for a new Reconstruction—if they can avoid becoming what they defeat.
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After Trump: Proposals for a Post-Authoritarian AmericaHow Democrats can lead the charge for a new Reconstruction—if they can avoid becoming what they defeat.Shikha Dalmia and Andy CraigJun 15, 20262Share(Photo illustration by The Bulwark / Photos: Getty, Shutterstock)A YEAR INTO HIS SECOND TERM, Donald Trump has proved transformative: He has transformed America’s proud liberal democracy into virtual one-man rule, tearing down checks and balances constructed over more than two centuries to block exactly this.Trump will not be president forever. And when he goes, Democrats will face a defining choice: exploit the executive machinery he has exposed, or dismantle it. The temptation to exploit it will be enormous—and yielding to that temptation would be a historic mistake.
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