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Daniel Mendiola

The US government is facing a crisis of legitimacy

Donald Trump United States Jair Bolsonaro Brazil Democracy Trump Administration

plane surrounded by troops — ‘Apparently, it didn’t matter how many laws the administration broke. No one stopped them, nor have they faced any consequences.’ Photograph: El Salvador's presidency press office/AFP/Getty Images

Between anti-immigrant zeal and a general disdain for any rules whatsoever, the Trump administration has shredded the constitutional order that makes government legitimate.

This is now a legitimacy crisis.

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