IAN BREMMER: The era of the asterisk US presidency begins
When one side of America deems the other illegitimate, it makes compromise and working together impossible at a fundamental level
08 January 2021 - 11:42
Eurasia Group released its top risks for 2021 this week, and just like 2020, the US ranks at the top of the list. Unlike 2020 though, our concerns for the US extend far beyond the calendar year.
Let’s start with a statement that in typical times would be utterly uncontroversial — there was a clear winner in US presidential elections. That winner was Joe Biden. Yet nearly half of all Americans refuse to accept that Biden won the presidency legitimately. As the shameful events at the US capitol this week showed, a smaller set of Americans are even willing to use violence to prove that point...
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