Three studies say U.S. is slipping from democracy; authors warn Trump seeks autocratic rule

Three major new studies say the United States is slipping further away from democracy, and leaders of two of the studies argue that President Donald Trump seeks to rule as an autocrat, according to the reports.

One of the reports described the decline as occurring at “unprecedented” speed, the study said.

The studies, described as global assessments of democracy and freedom, all concluded that the U.S. has moved away from democratic norms in recent years, the reports said.

Leaders of two of the studies warned that the president’s actions and rhetoric are consistent with an effort to concentrate power and weaken democratic institutions, the reports said.

The reports’ authors called attention to the findings as a sign of mounting concern about the trajectory of American democracy, according to the studies.

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