{"id":123040,"date":"2024-11-07T09:40:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T02:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123040"},"modified":"2024-11-07T09:40:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T02:40:07","slug":"trump-has-vowed-to-shake-some-of-democracys-pillars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123040","title":{"rendered":"Trump has vowed to shake some of democracy&#8217;s pillars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 American presidential elections are a moment when the nation holds up a mirror to look at itself. They are a reflection of values and dreams, of grievances and scores to be settled.<\/p>\n<p>The results say much about a country\u2019s character, future and core beliefs. On Tuesday, America looked into that mirror and more voters saw former president Donald Trump, delivering him <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-harris-presidential-election-takeaways-d0e4677f4cd53b4d2d8d18d674be5bf4\">a far-reaching victory<\/a><\/span> in the most contested states. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-day-trump-harris-white-house-83c8e246ab97f5b97be45cdc156af4e2\">He won<\/a><\/span> for many reasons. One of them was that a formidable number of Americans, from different angles, said the state of democracy was a prime concern.<\/p>\n<p>The candidate they chose had campaigned through a lens of darkness, calling the country \u201cgarbage\u201d and his opponent \u201cstupid,\u201d a \u201ccommunist\u201d and \u201cthe b-word.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The mirror reflected not only a restive nation\u2019s discontent but childless cat ladies, false stories of pets devoured by Haitian immigrant neighbors, a sustained emphasis on calling things \u201cweird,\u201d and a sudden bout of Democratic \u201cjoy\u201d now crushed. The campaign will be remembered both for profound developments, like the two assassination attempts on Trump, and his <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-arnold-palmer-closing-arguments-latrobe-pennsylvania-2bea9620c523e531a55259200215284e\">curious chatter<\/a><\/span> about golfer Arnold Palmer\u2019s genitalia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"ImageEnhancement\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\">\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-7a0000\"\/><\/p>\n<picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/03d43bc\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2239x1493+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fe9%2F1b%2F5422b3024b359c21e238dffe389a%2Fap24196092851004.jpg 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/10a3d6a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2239x1493+0+0\/resize\/1198x798!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fe9%2F1b%2F5422b3024b359c21e238dffe389a%2Fap24196092851004.jpg 2x\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/03d43bc\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2239x1493+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fe9%2F1b%2F5422b3024b359c21e238dffe389a%2Fap24196092851004.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<div class=\"Figure-content\">\n<div class=\"Figure-content-text\"><bsp-read-more class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\">\n<p>Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is moved from the stage at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Even as Trump prevailed, most voters said they were very or somewhat concerned that electing Trump would bring the U.S. closer to being an authoritarian country, where a single leader has unchecked power, according to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ap-votecast-trump-harris-election-president-voters-86225516e8424431ab1d19e57a74f198\">the AP VoteCast survey.<\/a><\/span> Still, 1 in 10 of those voters backed him anyway. Nearly 4 in 10 Trump voters said they wanted complete upheaval in how the country is run.<\/p>\n<p>In Trump\u2019s telling, the economy was in shambles, even when almost every measure said otherwise, and the border was an open sore leeching murderous migrants, when the actual number of crossings had dropped precipitously. All this came wrapped in his signature language of catastrophism. <\/p>\n<p>His win, only the second time in U.S. history that a candidate won the presidency in non-consecutive terms, demonstrated Trump\u2019s keen ear for what stirs emotions, especially the sense of millions of voters of being left out \u2014 whether because someone else cheated or got special treatment or otherwise fell to the ravages of the enemy within.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s whom Americans decisively chose.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-fullwidth=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"ImageEnhancement\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\">\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-b80000\"\/><\/p>\n<picture data-crop=\"imgEn-large-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1360\" height=\"907\" 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src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/bcba9b8\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4440x2960+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fa7%2F4e%2Fffb23fa6246927d4626e28e4dff0%2F14909e664ad54f06a7cc70c01f843871\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<div class=\"Figure-content\">\n<div class=\"Figure-content-text\"><bsp-read-more class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\">\n<p>Bikers show their support for President-elect Donald Trump while riding on I-84, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, near Lords Valley, Pa. (AP Photo\/Robert F. Bukaty)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The centuries-old democracy delivered power to the presidential candidate who gave voters fair warning he might take core elements of that democracy apart.<\/p>\n<p>After already having tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power when he lost to President Joe Biden in 2020, Trump mused that he would be justified if he decided to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/social-media-donald-trump-8e6e2f0a092135428c82c0cfa6598444\">pursue \u201cthe termination<\/a><\/span> of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This, in contrast to the oath of office he took, and will again, to \u201cpreserve, protect and defend the Constitution\u201d as best he can.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" 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president of the United States during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky, file)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One rough and decidedly imperfect measure of whether Trump might mean what he says is how many times he says it. His direct threat to try to end or suspend the Constitution was largely a one-off.<\/p>\n<p>But the 2024 campaign was thick with his vows, rally after rally, interview after interview, that if realized would upend democracy\u2019s basic practices, protections and institutions as Americans have known them.<\/p>\n<p>And now, he says after his win, \u201cI will govern by a simple motto: promises made, promises kept.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through the campaign, to lusty cheers, Trump promised to use presidential power over the justice system to go after his personal political adversaries. He then raised the stakes further by threatening to enlist military force against such domestic foes \u2014 <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-enemies-from-within-5c4a34776469a55e71d3ba4d4e68cf62\">\u201cthe enemy from within.\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Doing so would shatter any semblance of Justice Department independence and turn soldiers against citizens in ways not seen in modern times.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s promised to track down and deport immigrants in massive numbers, raising the prospect of using military or military-style assets for that as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-fullwidth=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"ImageEnhancement\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\">\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-da0000\"\/><\/p>\n<picture data-crop=\"imgEn-large-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" 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(AP Photo\/Matt Rourke, File)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Spurred by his fury and denialism over his 2020 defeat, Trump\u2019s supporters in some state governments have already engineered changes in how votes are cast, counted and affirmed, an effort centered on the false notion that the last election was rigged against him. <\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Trump won an election in the time of a Democratic administration. The effort to revise election procedures will now be fought out by states in his time.<\/p>\n<p>Yet another pillar of the system is also in his sights \u2014 the non-political civil service and its political masters, whom Trump together calls the deep state.<\/p>\n<p>He means the generals who didn\u2019t always heed him last time, but this time shall.<\/p>\n<p>He means the Justice Department people who refused to indulge his desperate effort to cook up votes he didn\u2019t get in 2020. 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Mark Milley, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller, speaks during a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. (AP Photo\/Manuel Balce Ceneta)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump wants to make it easier to fire federal workers by classifying thousands of them as being outside civil service protections. That could weaken the government\u2019s power to enforce statutes and rules by draining parts of the workforce and permit his administration to staff offices with more malleable employees than last time.<\/p>\n<p>But if some or all of these tenets of modern democracy are to fall, it will be through the most democratic of means. Voters chose him \u2014 and by extension, this \u2014 not Democrat Kamala Harris, the vice president.<\/p>\n<p>And by early measures, it was a clean election, just like 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Dezenhall is a scandal-management expert who has followed Trump\u2019s business and political career and correctly predicted his wins in 2016 and now. He also foresaw that the criminal cases against Trump would help, not hurt, him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"ImageEnhancement\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\">\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-8b0000\"\/><\/p>\n<picture data-crop=\"imgEn-medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/e2571bf\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8144x5440+0+0\/resize\/800x534!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd3%2F76%2F8e3614be4b05b004e26483d3fdb3%2Fap24151491438123.jpg 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/4816b9e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8144x5440+0+0\/resize\/1600x1068!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd3%2F76%2F8e3614be4b05b004e26483d3fdb3%2Fap24151491438123.jpg 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/27702d7\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8144x5440+0+0\/resize\/800x534!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd3%2F76%2F8e3614be4b05b004e26483d3fdb3%2Fap24151491438123.jpg 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/308c787\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8144x5440+0+0\/resize\/1600x1068!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd3%2F76%2F8e3614be4b05b004e26483d3fdb3%2Fap24151491438123.jpg 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/8cb0b2f\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8144x5440+0+0\/resize\/767x512!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd3%2F76%2F8e3614be4b05b004e26483d3fdb3%2Fap24151491438123.jpg 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/b0cb1c9\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8144x5440+0+0\/resize\/1534x1024!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd3%2F76%2F8e3614be4b05b004e26483d3fdb3%2Fap24151491438123.jpg 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/5ab7f69\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8144x5440+0+0\/resize\/767x512!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd3%2F76%2F8e3614be4b05b004e26483d3fdb3%2Fap24151491438123.jpg 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/fe47ffb\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8144x5440+0+0\/resize\/1534x1024!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd3%2F76%2F8e3614be4b05b004e26483d3fdb3%2Fap24151491438123.jpg 2x\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/33a1157\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8144x5440+0+0\/resize\/599x400!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd3%2F76%2F8e3614be4b05b004e26483d3fdb3%2Fap24151491438123.jpg 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/fa545c7\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8144x5440+0+0\/resize\/1198x800!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd3%2F76%2F8e3614be4b05b004e26483d3fdb3%2Fap24151491438123.jpg 2x\"><source width=\"599\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/d61ea92\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8144x5440+0+0\/resize\/599x400!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd3%2F76%2F8e3614be4b05b004e26483d3fdb3%2Fap24151491438123.jpg 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/8c75ed5\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8144x5440+0+0\/resize\/1198x800!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd3%2F76%2F8e3614be4b05b004e26483d3fdb3%2Fap24151491438123.jpg 2x\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/d61ea92\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8144x5440+0+0\/resize\/599x400!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd3%2F76%2F8e3614be4b05b004e26483d3fdb3%2Fap24151491438123.jpg 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/8c75ed5\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8144x5440+0+0\/resize\/1198x800!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd3%2F76%2F8e3614be4b05b004e26483d3fdb3%2Fap24151491438123.jpg 2x\" width=\"599\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/d61ea92\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8144x5440+0+0\/resize\/599x400!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd3%2F76%2F8e3614be4b05b004e26483d3fdb3%2Fap24151491438123.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<div class=\"Figure-content\">\n<div class=\"Figure-content-text\"><bsp-read-more class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\">\n<p>Former President Donald Trump appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, May 30, 2024, in New York. Jury deliberations in Donald Trump\u2019s criminal hush money trial entered a second day as jurors navigated the weighty task of evaluating the former president\u2019s guilt and innocence alongside the facts of the case. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig, Pool)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sussing out what Trump truly intends to do and what might be bluster is not always easy, he said. \u201cThere are certain things that he says because they cross his brain at a certain moment,\u201d Dezenhall said. \u201cI don\u2019t put stock in that. I put stock in themes, and there is a theme of vengeance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So it remains to be seen whether America will get two special days Trump has promised.<\/p>\n<p>Upon taking office again, he said, he\u2019ll be a \u201cdictator,\u201d but only for a day. And he\u2019s promised to let police stage \u201cone really violent day\u201d to crack down on crime with impunity, a remark his campaign said he didn\u2019t really mean, just as his people said he wasn\u2019t serious about subverting the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The voters also gave Trump\u2019s Republicans clear control of the Senate, and therefore majority say in whether to confirm the loyalists Trump will nominate for top jobs in government. Trump controls his party in ways he didn\u2019t in his first term, when major figures in his administration repeatedly frustrated his most outlier ambitions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-fullwidth=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"ImageEnhancement\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\">\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-630000\"\/><\/p>\n<picture data-crop=\"imgEn-large-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1360\" height=\"907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/c41d31d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5723x3815+0+0\/resize\/1360x907!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F6a%2F3a%2Fb49557574619aed6f91eb9c84317%2Fus-capitol.jpg 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/bd1493b\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5723x3815+0+0\/resize\/2720x1814!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F6a%2F3a%2Fb49557574619aed6f91eb9c84317%2Fus-capitol.jpg 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height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/51d5a4c\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5723x3815+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F6a%2F3a%2Fb49557574619aed6f91eb9c84317%2Fus-capitol.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<div class=\"Figure-content\">\n<div class=\"Figure-content-text\"><bsp-read-more class=\"ReadMore\" data-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-less-button-text=\"Read Less\" data-expand=\"ReadMore-expand\" data-limit=\"110\" data-main-class=\"ReadMore\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\">\n<p>The U.S. Capitol, is seen at night in Washington, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that a once proud people chose, twice, to demean itself with a leader like Donald Trump will be one of history\u2019s great cautionary tales,\u201d said Cal Jillson, a constitutional and presidential scholar at Southern Methodist University whose new book, \u201cRace, Ethnicity, and American Decline,\u201d anticipated some of the existential issues of the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s actions will be as divisive, ill-considered, and mean-spirited in his second term as in his first,\u201d he said. \u201cHe will undercut Ukraine, NATO, and the U.N. abroad and the rule of law, individual rights, and our senses of national cohesion and purpose at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From the political left, any threats to democracy were not on the mind of independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont when he offered a blistering critique of the Democratic campaign. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should come as no surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working people would find that the working class has abandoned them,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cWill they understand the pain and political alienation that tens of millions of Americans are experiencing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded: \u201cProbably not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Trump says he is intent on restoring democracy, not tearing it down.<\/p>\n<p>There was nothing democratic, he and his allies assert, in seeing military leaders defy the elected commander in chief, whether the issue was troop deployments or his wish for a splashy military parade. Or in seeing Democratic presidents establish immigration policy and vast student loan relief though executive action, bypassing Congress.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-fullwidth=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"ImageEnhancement\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\">\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-d20000\"\/><\/p>\n<picture data-crop=\"imgEn-large-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1360\" height=\"907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/003c86e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5385x3590+0+0\/resize\/1360x907!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F35%2F5e%2Fae7a7f7e4ce6b8c0b3023ff8610c%2Fap24186429506528.jpg 1x,https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/1a65c0e\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5385x3590+0+0\/resize\/2720x1814!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F35%2F5e%2Fae7a7f7e4ce6b8c0b3023ff8610c%2Fap24186429506528.jpg 2x\"><source 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on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana, File)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/bsp-read-more><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But that case is built from the ground up on the lie of a stolen 2020 election, his machinations to stall the certification of that vote and his mob\u2019s bloody attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He comes to office intending to pardon some of the people convicted for that riot and perhaps clear himself of criminal cases against him.<\/p>\n<p>Guardrails remain. One is the Supreme Court, whose conservative majority loosened the leash on presidential behavior in its ruling <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ap.org\/news-highlights\/elections\/2024\/supreme-court-rules-ex-presidents-have-broad-immunity-dimming-chance-of-a-pre-election-trump-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expanding their immunity<\/a><\/span> from prosecution. The court has not been fully tested on how far it will go to accommodate Trump\u2019s actions and agenda. And which party will control the House is not yet known.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican\u2019s victory came from a public so put off by America\u2019s trajectory that it welcomed his brash and disruptive approach. <\/p>\n<p>Among voters under 30, just under half went for Trump, an improvement from his 2020 performance, according to the AP VoteCast survey of more than 120,000 voters. About three-quarters of young voters said the country was headed in the wrong direction, and roughly one-third said they wanted total upheaval in how the country is run.<\/p>\n<p>By Trump\u2019s words, at least, that\u2019s what they\u2019ll get.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>AP Polling Editor Amelia Thomson DeVeaux contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-democracy-2024-election-harris-votecast-4bf1465b465ea1da92fb7474f2f9becd\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 American presidential elections are a moment when the nation holds up a mirror to look at itself. 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