John :au: :hb:<p>As <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> accelerates his <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a>, <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> could lose <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> status, says global watchdog.</p><p>It refers to ongoing events in the U.S. as unprecedented, mentioning Trump <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/pardoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pardoning</span></a> 1,500 <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/criminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminals</span></a> who supported him; <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/firing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firing</span></a> independent agency <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/watchdogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watchdogs</span></a> without process; <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/purging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purging</span></a> apolitical <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> and <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> brass; <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/ignoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignoring</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a>; and his unilaterally deleting federal programs, and even a whole organization, created by U.S. Congress</p><p><a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/RussianAsset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussianAsset</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-democracy-report-1.7486317" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/world/trump-democr</span><span class="invisible">acy-report-1.7486317</span></a></p>