""The developments in the United States are moving towards dictatorship, what the founders wanted to avoid," said Staffan Lindberg, the V-Dem Institute's founding director, who spent seven years in the U.S. "It's the most rapid decline ever in the history of the United States and one of the most rapid in the world.""
""His return to the White House saved the legacy media from going out of business," Wales said. Trump has rejected criticism that he tries to rule as an autocrat. "A lot of people are saying maybe we like a dictator," Trump said to reporters in the Oval Office last August."
Recent reports indicate a rapid decline in American democracy since President Trump's return to the White House. V-Dem's annual report ranks the U.S. 51st out of 179 countries, a significant drop from 20th. Bright Line Watch's survey suggests the U.S. is now positioned between liberal democracy and dictatorship. Freedom House also reports substantial declines in political rights and civil liberties. Experts warn that the U.S. is moving towards dictatorship, marking the fastest decline in its history. White House officials have dismissed these findings as biased.
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