Neither competence nor the sense of the State, even less that of the collective interest, are criteria. In Donald Trump’s eyes, only notoriety and loyalty count. We can fear that the latter will above all serve his interests and his desire for revenge, stated many times, against those he considers enemies and not political adversaries.
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American democracy faces its greatest stress test since the Watergate scandal fifty years ago. The election of Donald Trump was certainly democratic, but the upcoming exercise of power augurs a deviation from the rule of law. Donald Trump’s first term gave a foretaste of this. The generals and officials chosen at the time were safeguards: they respected this cardinal principle according to which, in the United States, one swears loyalty to the Constitution and not to an individual. The checks and balances planned by the founding fathers of the United States had worked. Among these, bipartisan hearings in the Senate make it possible, in principle, to protect the administration from conflicts of interest, extreme politicization and even foreign interference.
Donald Trump has expressed the wish that Republican senators renounce this prerogative. They must choose between complying with this injunction or blocking the appointment of people with extreme views and protecting American democracy from itself. And beyond that, democracy itself.
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