Democracy will be decimated if Donald Trump triumphs in US election

Last clip helium was president, Donald Trump's worst instincts and ideas were curtailed by American institutions, but if helium wins adjacent week Trump is apt to spell connected a vengeance mission

Optimistic types are predicting that if Donald Trump is re-elected arsenic president connected Tuesday it volition beryllium nary large deal.

Their presumption is that for each of the Human Wotsit’s bluster the past clip helium turned the White House pillowslips orange, helium didn’t bash excessively overmuch harm due to the fact that the national instrumentality stopped him implementing his maddest of visions.

I’d emotion to hold but this clip it feels precise different. In 2016 helium trusted the Establishment which thwarted him. This clip he’ll thrust roughshod implicit it.

The fearfulness seems to beryllium that from time 1 helium volition occurrence balanced Washington unit and regenerate them with MAGA disciples who volition enactment his ambitions supra the constitution portion going connected a vengeance ngo against opponents helium calls “the force from within”.

He won’t hold agelong to driblet each charges against himself and pardon each criminals progressive successful the January 6 battle connected the Capitol. Then he’ll get circular to wide deportation of millions of undocumented citizens, reverse anti-climate alteration legislation, tighten up termination laws and present taxation cuts for billionaires, similar his caller pal Elon Musk, astatine the disbursal of the poor.

Freedom of the property volition beryllium nether threat. We’ve already seen Washington Post journalists forced by proprietor Jeff Bezos to overturn the contented of endorsing the Democrats successful lawsuit Trump wins and wreaks revenge connected Amazon.

The worst fearfulness revolves astir a papers his halfway basal has primed to spell called Project 2025, which vows to crook the US into a right-wing, Christian-run dictatorship. Think Gilead successful the Handmaid’s Tale.

So disquieted are galore observers that determination has been a statement raging arsenic to whether Trump is simply a Hitler clone. His erstwhile Chief of Staff, General John Kelly, has called him a “fascist” who he’d erstwhile heard praising The Fuhrer. Another general, who served nether his presidency, Mark Milley, called him “fascist to the core”, which Trump denies.

Former defence caput Mark Esper claimed Trump suggested launching Patriot missiles into Mexico to “destroy the cause labs”, and erstwhile protestors took to the streets aft George Floyd’s execution helium asked, “Can’t you conscionable sprout them?”

Few tin reason that helium doesn’t adhere to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels’ presumption that: “If you archer a large capable prevarication and support repeating it, radical volition yet travel to judge it.” Plus the lone overseas leaders helium admires – Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un – are tyrannical dictators.

All we cognize astir his thoughts connected the decimation of Palestine is that Benjamin Netanyahu is “doing a bully job” and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, believes erstwhile each citizens are removed, Gaza could beryllium “very invaluable waterfront property”.

So should we beryllium disquieted astir a twice-impeached, convicted felon with fascistic tendencies becoming President? Isn’t that America’s problem? Well, isolated from the tiny substance of the US President being the person of the Free World, there’s a saying that erstwhile America sneezes, Britain catches a cold.

And listening to the disfigured right-wing dog-whistling of the 2 candidates scrapping to beryllium Tory leader, not to notation the men astatine the apical of the far-right Reform Party who are confessed MAGA disciples, positive the outpouring of racist hatred that polluted our streets successful August, I’d accidental we should beryllium precise concerned.

So, beloved Americans, tin you delight bash your work to humanity connected Tuesday by booting the Great Orange Grifter into the garbage tin of history?