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Actually, I'd say it held up pretty well all things considered. This required decades of propaganda, years of state actor support, bankrolled and media managed by the richest man in the world, the complacency of the existing institutions, and most recently, submission by big tech and the the wider aristocracy.

It was not easy.

> Trump really did show that the US is built on the assumption that people in power will behave, basically a honor system.

> In so many other countries, Trump would face a no confidence vote. Snap elections.

US Congress could do many things. But Trump's party support him. Or fear his supporters would not vote for them in the next elections. Or fear worse.

Yeah those checks and balances that Yanks are always waxing poetic about have turned out to be basically horse shit. There are no checks and balances, they elect a king for 4 years and then hope for the best. That's the American system.

it's the same brilliant system that requires the current incumbent to certify their replacement

Lol … you think the president is in control.

Lol... he is in control, since he is the president... lol....

lol...