Dehradun, Sept. 20 -- US President Donald Trump's actions since being reelected for his second term have exposed the underbelly of American democracy. It is an irony for a nation that has not only lectured the world on democracy and sought to impose its understanding of human rights on others in various ways, should have its severe systemic deficiencies exposed in the way they are in the present. There is no way, for instance, in any other democratic country that the leader can exploit his or her powers in the self-serving manner Trump is doing in the US. On the contrary, even a whiff of irregularity in an elected politician's functioning leads often to resignations or dismissals.
The US prides itself on upholding the right to free speech,...