America’s losing its lustre as global beacon of democracy

The silence hovering over the Republican Party into the second week after Donald Trump's loss may be working in Washington, but in the rest of the world, it is simply exposing the country’s claim to democracy as a sorry charade.
U.S. president-elect Joe Biden won the presidential election on Nov. 7, 2020, but U.S. President Donald Trump won't concede.
OTTAWA—America is losing its lustre as the global beacon of democracy. It could be difficult to promote democratic principles elsewhere when most senior Republican politicians do not respect it at home. The parody of the Trump-Biden stalled transition started off as a bit of a joke. Most people ...

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