I think we won't get there because we are willing to put corrupted politicians in prison. The day Trump goes to prison I will change my mind on US politics.
US is 5-10 years ahead of Europe. MAGA is coming to France and the UK unless things change. In the UK the Conservatives and Starmer have seen to it. There are literally 2 things people in the UK want to see and both parties are stubbornly ignoring it, while failing to enact any policies that can actually help people. Meanwhile Starmer is becoming more authoritarian by the day. Trump didn't happen in a vacuum, ignore your electorate for too long and eventually they will respond.
The incredible successes of Trumps second term so far will encourage and empower populists everywhere.
Getting control of immigration, which includes deporting them and massively overhauling the asylum system and seriously addressing and investigating the grooming gang scandal, which is probably the biggest scandal in recent history. I would actually now add a third thing which is to reign in the out of control police who are arresting people for causing offence. By the way these aren't even the biggest problems facing Britain, just serious ones which are recieving the most attention and for good reason, because they should be simple to fix and they are throwing away our sovreignty for terrible reasons.
> The incredible successes of Trumps second term so far will encourage and empower populists everywhere.
Successes? He's succeeded at consolidating power because his own party and his partisans on the Supreme Court allow it. Also, destroying stuff is easy. What are these successes of which you speak?
I'm not sure how much populists differ from authoritarians, but for the latter "consolidating power" is the definition of success, all else is unimportant.
