The US-UK race to melt down too close to call
Opinion by Laura Beers
Updated 9:23 AM ET, Sat September 28, 2019
... The nation's leader has behaved in ways that experts have denounced as unconstitutional. His opposition is livid and calling for his removal, while many in the leader's party slavishly attempt to justify his conduct. The media cannot stop talking about it. The general public hasn't entirely made up its mind, but seem much less up in arms. Overall, in all likelihood, the leader's potential breach of the law will yield no immediate consequences for him.
... This week, that brief, damning summary describes the political reality of two of the world's leading nations, both the United Kingdom and the United States ...
... While both prime minister Boris Johnson and President Donald Trump were elected under the banner of one of their country's major political parties, both stake their claim to legitimacy not on their having won out in the traditional game of party politics, but on their ability to cut through "politics as usual" and act on behalf of the popular will ...
Where has our outrage gone? When Richard Nixon was exposed as having ordered and then covered up the Watergate break in, he resigned the presidency rather than face near-certain impeachment. Today, Trump seems confident he can brazen it out even if the House of Representatives impeaches him, secure in the support of Senate Republicans who have his back. In Britain, Johnson is so sure of his support from the public that he sought Wednesday to goad his opponents into bringing down his government so that he could call a general election and take the issue to the voters ...
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/28/opinions/donald-trump-boris-johnson-us-uk-meltdowns-beers/index.html
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