Philippe Gélie's Editorial: "Democracy According to Donald Trump"
Becoming a minority will not fundamentally alter the style of the 47th President of the United States, who will continue to govern through executive orders and tweets.
- A shift to minority status will not change Donald Trump's uninhibited style of governing by decree and tweets.
- Questions arise over whether Trump will accept midterm election results if they prove unfavorable to his side.
- Historically, midterms have favored the sitting president's party only four times out of forty since 1862.
By Philippe Gélie
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Becoming a minority will not fundamentally alter the style of the 47th President of the United States, who will continue to govern by executive orders and tweets, with this increasingly uninhibited tone.
It is an aberrant question, yet it sits at the heart of the electoral stakes in the world's most powerful democracy: will Donald Trump respect the outcome of the midterm legislative elections if it is unfavorable to him? Obviously, the president does not oversee the counting of ballots, but he has laid landmines along the path that would allow him to cast discredit on a tight election. With Trump, the choice is simple: either he wins, or the opposing side cheated. No proof is necessary; the allegation alone suffices to sow doubt.
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Aware of the rule of the "midterms," which have favored the incumbent president only four times out of forty since 1862…
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