Trump’s Parting Shot at Democracy

Attacks on the legitimacy of American presidents are not new — but what Trump is doing now is unprecedented and destructive

Rudy Giuliani, lawyer for Donald Trump, at RNC headquarters in Washington, D.C., Nov. 19, 2020. (Sarah Silbiger, Washington Post via Getty)

Two weeks after Joe Biden gave his acceptance speech as President-elect of the United States — recognized by all major media organizations, most foreign leaders, all American Democratic politicians and…