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resident Donald Trump takes questions from the press in the Oval Office on Nov. 18, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

2026 begins with an increasingly autocratic United States rising on the global stage

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Former President Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a 2024 election campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 28, 2023. (LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)

“It’s really a red flag”: Democracy scholar alarmed by Trump’s unprecedented call for arrest protest

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Pro-Trump protesters and Proud Boys gathered during the "Million MAGA March" from Freedom Plaza to the US Capitol in Washington, DC, United States on December 12, 2020. Rally held to back President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the US election. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Death threats and intimidation of public officials signal Trump’s autocratic legacy

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