Trump and the Creep (Promise) of Authoritarian Rule
Donald Trump doesn’t have to win the presidency in November to undermine democracy at home or erode U.S. credibility abroad.
His MAGA caucus in Congress is already doing that.
Small in number but unshakably devoted to pleasing their leader, Trump’s pro-Kremlin fifth column in the U.S. House of Representatives has sabotaged aid to Ukraine at the instruction of the former president who prefers to deliver victory to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused for weeks to call a vote on the Senate-negotiated national security aid package, including $60 billion to shore up Ukrainians’ defense of their sovereignty. Johnson knows it would pass with bipartisan support — and anger the Trump devotees favoring gridlock and dysfunction.
https://www.postalley.org/2024/03/06/trump-and-the-creep-promise-of-authoritarian-rule/
