Will Trump ‘Destroy’ Democracy?

null By Daniel HenningerJan. 10, 2024 5:52 pm ETWonder Land: Surveying the record of his three years in office, Mr. Biden has decided his re-election turns on two events: the Capitol riot of 2021 and Mr. Trump’s efforts to reverse the 2020 presidential election results in several states. Images: Getty Images/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyAnyone else out there as tired as I am of hearing the phrase “our democracy”? From all the recent quavering about threats to “our democracy,” you’d think we were living in Venezuela or Zimbabwe. Yet the U.S. president, Joe Biden, stood Saturday near Valley Forge, Pa., invoking George Washington to argue that Donald Trump is on the brink of overturning an American democratic order that has survived since 1789.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8About this articleWonder Land“Wonder Land” tries to make sense of the world's wonder, which in the newspaper business arrives every day of the week.

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Daniel Henninger

Jan. 10, 2024 5:52 pm ET

Wonder Land: Surveying the record of his three years in office, Mr. Biden has decided his re-election turns on two events: the Capitol riot of 2021 and Mr. Trump’s efforts to reverse the 2020 presidential election results in several states. Images: Getty Images/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly

Anyone else out there as tired as I am of hearing the phrase “our democracy”?

From all the recent quavering about threats to “our democracy,” you’d think we were living in Venezuela or Zimbabwe. Yet the U.S. president, Joe Biden, stood Saturday near Valley Forge, Pa., invoking George Washington to argue that Donald Trump is on the brink of overturning an American democratic order that has survived since 1789.