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Trump the want-to-be dictator
On October 23, 2024 Trump's former chief of staff,retired Marine Generaal John Kelly, published a series of interviews, saying the former president fits "into the general definition of fascist" and that he spoke of the loyalty of HitlerÕs Nazi generals..
See CNN In 2024 As Alexei Navalny's widow, Yulia Navalnaya, reflects on her husband's legacy and his memoir "Patriot", she warns of how easy it was for Vladimir Putin to turn Boris Yeltsin (1991Š99) democracy into an autocracy.
Clearly a warning about Donald Trump.

See Alexei Navalny Wikipedia
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In "The Putin Myth" | Journal of Democracy During Vladimir Putin's 23 years in power, Russia's system of government has devolved from open, even fractious democracy under his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin (1991-99), to a highly repressive, personalistic autocracy that threatens not just its immediate neighbors but increasingly its own citizens.

In "Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution", 2005, Susan Glasser and Peter Baker two journalists for The Washington Post provide a hard-hitting look at modern-day Russia, assessing the ways in which Vladimir Putin and his former KGB associates have shaped the country and threatened Russia's chances for long-term democracy.

See International Ranking Democratic - Authoritarian Regimes.html
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which ranks countries into 4 categories, Full Democracies, Flawed Democracies, Hybrid Regimes and Authoritarian Regimes, downgraded the US from a Full Democracy to a Flawed Democracy in 2016. It's score had been dropping for some time because of dwindling trust in government, elected representatives and political parties and had nothing to do with Trump's election.

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International Ranking Democratic - Authoritarian Regimes.html