January 6 Didn’t Happen Just to America
Around the world, Trump allies are laying the groundwork to sow doubt in the democratic process and, if necessary, subvert elections.
January 6, 2021, didn’t happen just to America. It also happened to the rest of the world. To watch the crisis unfold from overseas, as I did from my flat in London, was to reckon with the reality that perhaps the United States wasn’t as “back [and] ready to lead the world” as Joe Biden had claimed after his victory.
One year on, world leaders facing reelection are looking to Donald Trump’s as a playbook for how they too can sow doubt in the democratic process and, if necessary, subvert an election. U.S. diplomats, who were once tasked with promoting the virtues of American democracy, have lost
