The shock of the attack on Donald Trump is still great. For some observers, the shooting of the 78-year-old shows that American democracy has long been in crisis and even warns of a new civil war.
For example, political scientist Barbara Walter has repeated her warning that the US is closer to civil war “than any of us would like to believe.”
Concerns about political instability
She fears a decade or two of political instability and violence in the United States, which could bring the assassinations of politicians and judges and the rise of militias, the Frankfurter Rundschau reported on Saturday.
The reasons are political polarization, cultural tribalism, the acceptance of conspiracy theories, and the availability of guns in the United States. Walter signals a false sense of naivety and innocence in American society. There is a false illusion that the United States is “too good” for something like this.
Sharon Stone on US election campaign: “I am very concerned”
Hollywood star Sharon Stone also worried about the future of her home country, given the escalating US election campaign. “I am a proud American. I love my country and of course I am very concerned,” the 66-year-old said at the Taormina Film Festival in the eponymous holiday resort in Sicily.
It’s the first time anyone has built their election campaign on hate and oppression, Stone continued. She didn’t name names. But she likely meant former President Donald Trump, who was recently nominated at a party conference to be the Republican Party’s candidate for the upcoming presidential election. He has repeatedly drawn attention in recent months with controversial statements and has recently intensified his rhetoric on the topic of immigration.
“Trump is to blame”
Dominik Tolksdorf, US expert at the German Foreign Policy Association, also sees Trump as responsible for the increase in political violence in the US election campaign. Although it was “very dramatic” that Trump was shot, he actively encouraged this development: “He created hostile images and was fundamentally indifferent to political violence or even joked about it, so Trump certainly did his ‘part to ensure that the situation remains as it is.”
US: Democracy in Danger?
According to a New York Times survey, nearly 70 percent of eligible voters in the US believe that the political and economic system needs fundamental change or even a complete overhaul, which does not necessarily have to result in democracy. That is exactly the plan of ‘Project 2025’, which, under a new Trump presidency, wants to work on restructuring the US political institutions and concentrate much more power in the hands of the president.
Source: Krone
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