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Salon
Salon
Politics
Chauncey DeVega

America is dizzy from Trump's spectacle

It took one of Europe’s democracies only 53 days to succumb to fascism. America’s already ailing democracy feels like it will reach that horrible moment much sooner. The Trumpocene is a surreal, disorienting spectacle that has conquered so much of American culture and politics.  

Donald Trump and his MAGA movement’s shock and awe campaign against American democracy and society is moving very fast. It's left the American people, their responsible leaders, the mainstream news media and the so-called Resistance spinning and dizzy.

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