A lot of Americans are tired of democracy, and Trump knows it

The GOP leadership is afraid of major demographic changes, and distrusts every institution that once held the country together, leaving them open to authoritarian options that were unthinkable just a short time ago.
Donald Trump
What no one wants to say out loud is that a significant number of U.S. voters is really what makes former president Donald Trump possible—no matter what he does, writes Michael Harris.

HALIFAX—It isn’t news that Donald Trump is a scumbag.

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