Vladimir Putin: Death of Democracy

In his G-20 speech on June 28, 2019 Vladimir Putin declared that the world's liberal political order had "outlived its purpose." Putin openly revealed himself as the force against democracy. This is now possible for him to do because Trump agrees with him and Republicans do not dare to challenge Trump. The veil and gloves are off. The threat to 2020 US election is real. Putin will unleash his trolls and bots. He will succeed with people who have authoritarian and white nationalist tendencies. He may succeed in depressing turnout or sabotaging counting machines. 2020 election may well be uglier than 2016. Trump feels no need to hide his collusion this time. He said that he will accept foreign help. 2020 will be a titanic fight for the soul of America. Is the US going to contract to a caricature of the 1950's culture with exclusion of all those who do not look the part? That is absurd when you realize that over 40% of US population is not "white". Puti...