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I don't think the trust in the US can be repaired for a very long time.

• privatelypublic 1y ago
  If ever.
• joshdavham 1y ago
  Yup. Even if Americans vote out the current administration, there’s no guarantee they won’t vote in another administration like this again. They’ve already done it twice.
  • unethical_ban 1y ago
    We need, at the very least, to revoke "emergency" powers of the presidency, and we need to reinforce that Congressional action overrides executive whim. The administrative state is a good thing, not a bad thing, and people like Steve Bannon are cancers on American success. Ideally, we would also ban gerrymandering, revoke unlimited anonymous political spending, and implement ranked choice voting.
    • wnc3141 1y ago
      I think the contradiction required for this is 1) we need a strong, power concentrated leader to decisively correct the ship and prevent future abuses. 2) we then need the leader to voluntarily limit their powers.
  • throw0101d 1y ago
    > Yup. Even if Americans vote out the current administration […] Reminder: Trump was re-elected. The first time could be considered an aberration, but the second time?
  • bluGill 1y ago
    There is nothing unusual about Americans here. Every democracy has the same worry, and always has. Every change in party has brought in instability, going right back to the founding of the country. Sometimes worse than others. Trump isn't that much different from some of the stupid things presidents were doing in the 1800s...