Highland Deac
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That's what Trump will try to do.
There are multiple democracies around the world that are under assault from populist right-wing politicians within their own borders. Some, like Hungary and Turkey, have already ceased to be functioning democracies, others like Israel and Brazil are getting dangerously close. No doubt Trump, Boris Johnson, and Scott Morrison in Australia have authoritarian tendencies, but their democracies are much more deeply entrenched and established, and they're having a more difficult time implementing what they want to do. But drop by drop they're clearly breaking long-held traditions and precedents (legal and historical) and moving their nations in a more authoritarian direction.