The dangerous fantasy of toppling the Trump regime

Such an event wouldn't be a glorious revolution at all

President Trump.
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This is a dangerous moment in American democracy.

A pandemic has killed more than 110,000 people in three months. The economy is in recession with tens of millions out of work. Protests against racial injustice in policing have broken out in hundreds of cities and towns across the country, with some of them culminating in looting, others provoking outrageous acts of police brutality, and all of them running the risk of contributing to a resurgence of the coronavirus. And, of course, at the center of the maelstrom is the incompetent and malicious president who cares about nothing besides looking tough, protecting himself, and dividing the country as much as he possibly can in order to secure his re-election five months from now.

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Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.