The United States of America is a democracy in decline, the results of the 2020 has further cemented it in my eyes and in the rational argumentation of anyone objectively seeing these events unfold. The true flashpoint upon which we can exclaim as the principal cause of my declaration of our current state of affairs is current President-elect Donald J. Trump. Donald Trump has fundamentally altered American politics to such a point that it is impossible, really, to see us turn back the clock into the stability and the mild optimism that the Obama years provided, but which ultimately held back or maybe even further emboldened radical elements in the far right, as the establishment right wing was defeated from 2008 and onward. Up until 2016, when Trump burst onto the scene like a bumbling buffoon, yelling and raving about how Obama ruined America and how America was in decline. It was warned then about how dangerous of a threat Trump posed to our institutions and how his rhetoric was ultimately not just a jesters trick but also indicative of a deeper ideological loyalty which many did not seem to take seriously, but of which has only strengthened Trumps motivations to seek and maintain power even through explicitly illegal conduct. ,