The Public, the Political System and American Democracy . 4. Democracy, the presidency and views of the parties . The American public has doubts about Donald Trump’s level of respect for the country’s democratic institutions and traditions. ..…
First, they will point the finger at Trump, and if the American public won’t swallow that, they’ll point it at Bolton. Democracy died in the United States a whole lot of yesterdays ago. . . . . . . ..…
Physical, verbal and online attacks against reporters undermine the media’s role as a critical pillar of democracy, consequently creating opportunities for government overreach, the erosion of the First Amendment and infringing on the people’s right to be informed.” . ..…
He also described Islamic Republic working group formed to find solution to Syria crisis.. In a Sunday to Arab Muslim leaders in Saudi, Riyadh, Trump singled out Iran claiming that Iran's Syria was among the most tragic and destabilizing interventions... ..…
While running for office, Trump had labeled the U.N. weak and incompetent. He has suggested it was “not a friend” to the United States or democracy while deriding it as “a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time.” . ..…
Obama also oversaw a dramatic increase in economic inequality, mass deportations and police violence, disillusioning many supporters and giving Republicans like Trump the opening to pose as anti-establishment populists. . Our problem is that the U.S. is not a real democracy, but, as a recent..…
By trying to bring down the institutions that are the pillars of democracy such as the press, Trump, Ellison says, is taking America to fascism. ..…
Turning to the nuclear with Iran, Rouhani criticized US Treasury Department for making it hard for banks and other financial institutions to do business with Islamic Republic.. Iranian president also slammed US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton over their..…
While a slim majority of Haredim surveyed (58%) say Israel can be both a Jewish state and a democracy, about one-third (36%) say it cannot. . This may be because many Haredim believe that religious law (halakha) should trump democratic decision-making. ..…
To put that another way, if you're against Trump, you're really against his supporters and democracy and the ability for people to choose their next President. ..…
WASHINGTON — Glued to high-stakes testimony on his Supreme Court, President Donald Trump and his allies were shaken by Christine Blasey Ford's emotional appearance... ATHENS Major New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis, stepping up his criticism of Prime Minister and Radical Left SYRIZA..…
The hostility to U.S. participation in international pacts, the economic protectionism, the aversion to democracy promotion, the racially tinged nationalism, the isolationist temptation—these aspects of Trump’s “America first” approach are right out of the playbook that anchored..…
There is no human rights activist out there who can maintain the straight face I mean, the notion is ludicrous, of course you will have people like Hillary Clinton and Netanyahus and all of these pioneers of human rights and democracy coming around and shouting the odds, and Donald Trump..…