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5. Trump is the first president in my lifetime who doesn't believe in liberal democracy.

Thu Nov 24, 2016, 12:00 PM

Nov 2016

Rule of law
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Is this the end of liberal democracy in the United States ? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 OP

Paraphrasing Benjamin Franklin, no, if we can keep it. no_hypocrisy Nov 2016 #1

The U.S. has strong institutions. athena Nov 2016 #3

Possibly but not likely el_bryanto Nov 2016 #4

I do think it's the end of the tyranny of the minority, though. MADem Nov 2016 #6

It's the beginning of the end... First Speaker Nov 2016 #7

Possibly, but too early to day CanonRay Nov 2016 #8

No, but Trump has revealed a winning formula that is going to be a problem Sen. Walter Sobchak Nov 2016 #9

I will give Drumpf credit for one thing. He has brass ones. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2016 #10