If the president\u2019s first term didn\u2019t inoculate the American body politic against tyranny, there is no guarantee that a second dose will work<\/p>\n
Donald Trump is a despot and the US is a democracy. These things can be true simultaneously but not indefinitely. There is now deadlock in the struggle between a president who would be king and a constitution drafted in repudiation of monarchy. But it is a battle to the death. Tyranny will either break the spirit of the republic or be quelled by it.<\/p>\n
Since the US is the world\u2019s paramount power, the outcome of this contest has epic consequences for countries, such as the UK, that depend on Washington for security.<\/p>\n
Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist<\/p>\n
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