Trump’s State of the Union Address Merely for Partisan Showmanship

[R]epublican democracy in America proved easier to attain but more superficial and fragile.

[T]he U.S. government itself is a major supplier to the cartels that the White House claims to be pursuing with all its might.

The Washington Post Guild, the staff union, questioned Bezos' commitment, saying that if he is no longer willing to invest in its mission, the institution needs a steward who understands it.

[E]very lie is allowed, nothing has any consequences.

When political legitimacy becomes contingent on recognition by a superpower, populations lose their right to self-determination and democracy becomes a selective tool.