Max Boot claims return of Trump to presidency would be 'death knell' for 'democracy:' 'The prognosis is grim'
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Columnist Max Boot wrote a mournful piece complaining about America’s ills, warning that the return of Donald Trump could mean the end of democracy itself.
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The core of what he claimed imperils the United States is Trump's continued involvement in American politics even as President Joe Biden has managed a lukewarm and embattled presidency.
"Despite the yeoman work of the Jan. 6 committee, former president Donald Trump remains the leading contender for the 2024 GOP nomination — and on the current trajectory he could defeat President Biden, whose unpopularity continues to plumb new depths," he wrote. "We need to be clear about what another Trump term would mean: It could be the death knell for our democracy."