How others see us: US democracy in decline

The British opinionater Timothy Garton Ash is not one to hold back his thoughts. He seems to have been on a visit to our shores. A long time observer of the condition of democracy in Europe, he has summed up where he thinks the US stands under the rule of the Orange Toddler. We don't look very promising... but just maybe ... The respected Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at Gothenburg…