Has American democracy become a farce?

The numerous think-tanks that routinely place India at near bottom in democracy and media freedom rankings haven’t uttered a word about how this trial of Donald Trump is a direct and frontal assault on democracy.

The next time some “liberal” journalist asks the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal to respond to American concerns about the so-called decline of democracy in India, the authors think the only valid and legitimate response should be loud laughter. The fact of the matter is: even as campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections ended, events in far away New York have made it clear that democracy in the United States is now a joke.

Former President Donald Trump, who is also the Republican contender for the November 2024 presidential elections, has been convicted on 34 counts. His purported crime? In 2016, he paid off a porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about their alleged sexual escapade in 2006, since the revelations could have damaged his 2016 campaign for the presidency of United States. Besides, he is accused of falsifying his business records to pass off the payoff as a legitimate business expense. Of course, Stormy Daniels never kept quiet and has made millions milking the scandal.