Donald Trump is a rich man who bought the US Presidency. To that extent, he is now no different to many who've gone before him. In his behaviour as President he has been very different.
Whatever anyone may have thought of his policies and approach, and putting political views aside, Trump has devalued the Presidency and US democracy by his behaviour since the November 2020 election. Whatever the shortcomings of the US electoral system, it's their system and all parties sign up to it BEFORE it's put into action. Any President who believes that it's really flawed and needs to be fixed has the option of making the necessary changes to electoral law BEFORE any election is held. NOT AFTER.
However much Trump may be worth financially, his political sense is around zero. Politically he's an ingénue. Sadly, whatever good he may have potentially done during his time in office has been more than cancelled by his utter political incompetence and failure to accept the result of the perfectly legal electoral process.
If President-elect Biden has any sense, he will act to ensure that such post-electoral nonsense cannot occur in the future. Of course, the federal system in effect in the United States of America may prevent him from doing this as his powers in such matters are limited.
How fortunate that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland no longer has to deal with the nightmare prospect of being part of a federal United States of Europe and a perpetual German Kaiser in a dress.
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