Commentary: If Democrats dislike Trump's authoritarianism, why were the debates so hot for executive action?
by Scott Martelle, Los Angeles Times
Oct 16, 2019
2 minutes
For the nearly 1,000 days of his presidency, Donald Trump has shown the nation the dangerous repercussions that can arise when a democratic society succumbs to cynicism about its own government. It's not pretty.
Undermining norms. Installing anti-government figures to go at the bureaucratic framework like ravenous termites. Slashing tax revenues to "starve the beast," which lays the groundwork for
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