US democracy is in crisis. But Trump is only the symptom | Jonathan Freedland

A system that favours the white, rural minority over the diverse majority will soon lose legitimacy in the eyes of its citizens

The talk in the US is of constitutional crisis. It’s been looming for a while, thanks to the Mueller investigation into suspected collusion between the Trump campaign and Kremlin efforts to swing the 2016 election. At some point – perhaps when special counsel Robert Mueller issues a subpoena, demanding Donald Trump answers his questions – a clash was bound to come. But it may already be upon us.

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