On July 4, 2024, the United States celebrated its 248th anniversary as a democratic republic. But with its next presidential election only four months away, many critics of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump are warning that the U.S. will cease to be a democracy if he returns to the White House and the Project 2025 plan for a second Trump term is implemented. Anxiety over Trump, who openly praises authoritarian figures like Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has grown even more intense following the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial 6-3 immunity ruli…
