President Trump just congratulated Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on winning a rigged election. He tried to justify it by claiming that rigged election or not, we shouldn’t be meddling in other countries’ elections. There is some truth to that: we shouldn’t be actively meddling in other countries’ politics, because it’s imperialistic and because there are consequences to doing so: note that Hillary Clinton’s meddling in Russian affairs when she was Secretary of State helped lead to Putin’s meddling in our politics and politics all over the world.
Nevertheless, the United States, being
a democracy—a leading democracy, is obliged to publicly condemn nondemocratic
elections and countries. We are here to protect
and spread democracy, not pretend that it’s just another political alternative.
President Trump has made a serious mistake
and he should acknowledge it to himself and the world public.
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