Six months after their defeat by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans, the Democratic Party and its national leadership are still mostly confused, shellshocked and lack a coherent strategy or direction.
Donald Trump’s first 100 days in power have been what he promised. Acting as the country’s first elected autocrat and aspiring dictator, Trump and his administration have shattered basic norms about democracy, the rule of law, civil rights, the Constitution and the basic idea that the president should be a steward for and protector of the nation. Trump imagines himself, like a king or emperor, as the literal embodiment of the State. This is antithetical to America’s centuries-long experiment in democracy and the principles of the Founding.
