Nesrine Malik rightly points out that Donald Trump is not alone in using executive orders to summarily introduce sweeping changes to policies and the established processes of government (Trump 2.0 is exposing American exceptionalism for what it is – and has always been, 3 February).
Such actions are reminiscent of the divine right of kings used by many of our monarchs to promote their own power and interests. The impact of the election of Donald Trump has been to accelerate worldwide the process of demolishing the pre‑existing protocols and norms of democratic governance. Simply to rage against those events in the US and elsewhere is futile.
