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From Democracy to Democrazy · Aug 17, 2026

CRIME, CHAOS AND CORRUPTION

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Elizabeth Graham · From Democracy to Democrazy

The issue we collectively face in the United States is not primarily economic, though its economic impact is mind-boggling. By the time the public recognizes what is happening, it - meaning Trump’s words and decisions - have already become history, and those (in the Trump administration) driving this force have moved on to the next warning sign: illegal decisions, covert actions, monuments to Trump, threats, or even war. As Americans slowly realized that a vast, unaccountable, and unstable force was shaping their lives, they encountered rage, resentment, atrocity, and revenge instead of coherent, methodical government. Each action and decision may be designed to distract from the Epstein Files or other illegal conduct, while the rapid pace of change has become its own crisis. With Trump in the White House, a careful, logical decision-making process has become a lost art and there is little to no accountability to the American public. Updates from this White House staff and the president are presented as fact, but they read more like bedtime fantasies the public is expected to believe.

We, the collective citizens of the United States, elected a dangerous psychopathic narcissistic man who made the government complicit in his crimes instead of supporting and protecting our citizens and our founding documentation. We daily witness his choice of crime over law and order. It is arduous and exhausting.

The deceit was visible from the start, beginning with small misdirection’s, distorted words, and a charade that masked the truth. A Republican movement that once centered American politics on government’s proper role continues to confuse noise with applicability, leadership with tyranny, and trust with betrayal.

If you feel vulnerable, it is because Trump believes he cannot be powerful unless you are weak. As he told Bob Woodward in an interview for Fear, “Real power is the word fear” (Donald Trump, March 31, 2016).

The Republican Party has lost their essence, and if we continue “as is” they will lead this country down a path of complete submission to one man – a totalitarian system. The exact same type of government found in Russia. Putin was elected in 2000, and 26 years later he rules by “fear.”

Trump lost his soul to Russia decades ago and now is a daily pantomime of deceit. He calls this “fake news” or a “witch hunt” when the evidence becomes unmistakable and verifiable.

(“Trump Calls Grand Jury a Witch Hunt,” Artist - Phil Hands, Courtesy of Cagle Cartoons for From Democracy)

He says he has been cleared of any wrongdoing related to Russia, even as he openly continues to support Russia and its allies laughing while Americans ignore his betrayals.

He wants the United States to resemble the Kremlin: a structure filled with glitz and gold and a centralized, authoritarian system of government in which compliant legislative and judicial branches loyally enforce the president’s agenda. In Russia, elected officials do not oppose Putin because doing so can risk their lives or the lives of their family members. During the 2020 U.S. election, Georgia poll workers were terrorized and their lives threatened, and Republicans who opposed Trump received menacing calls promising harm to their children. These claims are not “fake news”; they are sworn statements given under oath.

American credibility has collapsed worldwide. When President Trump claims thirty-eight times that he is close to ending the Iran war, he has cried wolf thirty-seven times too many.

The crater Trump dug for a new ballroom/fallout shelter is negligible compared with the treasonous sinkhole operating daily via his executive orders and his narcissistic coup. Fortune stated on April 3, 2026, that “Trump just raised the $39 trillion national debt with the largest budget hike since World War II – and nobody – most of all Trump – can figure out how to pay for it.” The majority of the 2027 federal budget increase is for defense and military expenditures. Which begs the question, “Considering Trump’s unjustified war in Iran, his attack on Venezuela, and his threats to attack Greenland – all while alienating NATO – would you approve such a drastic budget increase knowing a portion of these expenses are paid from your own pocket?

Democrats remain the nation’s strongest hope for protecting our freedoms, enforcing criminal laws, and preserving the United States. House.gov stated: “Democrats in Congress are all-hands-on-deck to push back against Trump’s unlawful and incompetent actions. They are focusing on excessive costs, chaos, and corruption, but to restore sanity to the federal government, the Democrats must win the mid-term elections first.

Unfortunately, Donald Trump has repeatedly attempted to overthrow American elections in his favor. Max Feldman stated in a May 27, 2020, Research Report that, “American elections are clean and trustworthy despite what President Trump and his followers claim.” The Hill, published an article on August 12, 2026, clearly stating “Trump may declare a national security emergency to federalize control over the November midterms . . .” On August 15, 2026, MS NOW published the following remark, “Life in the Trump era keeps getting easier for criminal fraudsters. Former Rep. Tom Malinowski spoke with Jen Psaki about how Donald Trump is steadily dismantling the tools for catching and prosecuting criminals, and why the ‘news’ that Trump’s Treasury Department will stop enforcing the ‘Corporate Transparency Act’ is good news for money launderers and drug dealers.”

Donald Trump’s legacy will label him as one of the most notorious criminal figures in human history, as he continues daily to swindle money from U.S. taxpayers, beat, batter, and kill humans whose skin tone is one or two shades darker than his own, rewrite criminal codes to favor lawbreakers, pardon those who broke the law, and punish those who attempt to uphold the law. Donald Trump has been convicted of a felony, found liable for fraud, and legally labeled a sexual predator - but his worst crime is treason.

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