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Even if US democracy can be salvaged from Trump, Europe is moving on | Rafael Behr

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Even if US democracy can be salvaged from Trump, Europe is moving on | Rafael Behr
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It will take decades to rebuild trust in a country that removed a tyrant once – and then reinstated him four years laterWhen Joe Biden entered the White House in 2021 it was possible to believe that Donald Trump’s reign had been an aberration. “America is back. The transatlantic alliance is back,” the new president declared to relieved European leaders shortly after winning the 2020 race. It was true, but not for long.Trump’s defeat proved that US democracy was mechanically operational, not cult

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