Massive backlash now threatens to burn down everything Trump has worked for

Donald Trump’s assault on American democracy has been devastating. Equally devastating, however, is the impact that it is having on democracy around the world.

Historically, America had been viewed as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, democracy in the world, an example to which all nations could aspire and which offered hope to all oppressed people. Ronald Reagan called America “that shining city on a hill,” a nation that would be a light unto all nations seeking freedom, democracy, and individual rights.