Antagonism between the two expected candidates for US president in 2024 is ramping up as the political battleground turns increasingly nasty.
US president Joe Biden suggested that Donald Trump and his allies pose a threat to democracy, “our institutions, to our constitution itself”, in a recent speech honouring former Republican senator John McCain.
“There is no question that today’s Republican Party is driven and intimidated by Maga Republican extremists,” he said, as part of a set of remarks aimed at showing the difference between McCain’s version of Republicanism and Trump’s. Americans continue to be concerned about threats to US democracy, according to a NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.
