Democracy in the United States: “I’m not a dictator” – Where are the United States drifting under Trump?

Unpleasant experts are fired, there are insulting tirades about politically dissenters, on the streets you can see hooded in raids against migrants: we are in America. The leadership style of US President Donald Trump, who also presents himself as an entertainer, is erratic and unprecedented. He has been ruling with a thick felt pen for a year by signing decree by decree. The Republican defends himself with an extremely remarkable sentence these days: “I am not a dictator.” Where to drift the United States?

Hooded, raid, military – soon Chicago?

In Chicago the mood is just cooking. Trump wants to intervene in the city of the millionth city because of the allegedly sprawling crime – similar to how he has already done it in Washington and Los Angeles – and sent a soldier to the streets. “Rattenloch” – as he described the crime situation in the capital. In California, people against raids from the immigration authority ICE against migrants had taken to the streets – the government wanted to stop this. Tidying up, creating order was Trump’s credo.

The democratic governor of the state of Illinois, which includes Chicago, accuses Trump of wanting to intimidate political rivals. Striking: The cities that the US President picks up are ruled by Democrats.

The example of Los Angeles, where the National Guard was prohibited from taking over police officers for prosecution by court order, but also shows that the Trump policy is checked by courts and slowed down again and again. On the other hand, there is hardly any rejection of the congress, in which Trump’s Republican party holds the majority in both chambers.

Thank you, Mr. President: The adoration

You rub your eyes as cabinet meetings take place. Something like this is unimaginable in Germany. The latest session lasted a whopping three hours. The US President praised his own work in front of running cameras and had his ministers start with praise.

Labor Minister Lori Chavez deremer invited the president to look at his “big, beautiful face” on a huge banner on the facade of her ministry. And the Middle East Sonderstanded Steve Witkoff said that his only wish was that “the Nobel Prize Committee finally strives and realizes that they are by far the best candidate since the Nobel Peace Prize was ever discussed”.

The praise symbolically stand for an important difference to Trump’s first term: At that time Justice Minister Bill Barr or Minister of Defense Mark Esper showed that there are red lines for them.

For Trump, it is also a fight for the narrative of how successful his policy is. A tactic: permanent repetition. One of his favorite sentences that Trump puts in almost every one of his speeches: A year ago, the country was “dead” (Dead) under its predecessor Joe Biden – now the USA is the “hottest” (Hottest) land in the world.

Trump, who is called after the Nobel Peace Prize and, as a peace pent, who ends, presents, presented, floods the network with success reports through its and government channels. Trump is shown as physically strong, often younger in graphics when the 79-year-old is. Unpleasant for him: a large blue spot on his hand, which is visibly overwhelmed.

Expert: Danger in the future

“There is a clear concentration of power and an attempt to switch off the traditional checks and balances and critical voices,” summarizes the expert for security questions from the independent American Think Tank German Marshall Fund, Claudia Major. In other countries, too, such tendencies – such as in Georgia and under the previous government in Poland, have been seen, where years ago the PIS party had attacked and changed structures in the judiciary or media.

According to scientist Major, the Trump government has some autocratic features. “In central areas of public life such as the judiciary, press, public administration, teaching and research, there are certainly trends,” she told the German Press Agency.

Major sees a danger that lies in the future. A government’s action affects future generations. “If you only look” Fox News “, the debate room changes.” Long -term – if curricula are rewritten in schools or research is put under pressure by selected funding, this can affect how a country thinks and acts and what priorities it will set in the future.

Attack on the independence of the Fed

A cornerstone of Trump’s industrial policy is high import tariffs. According to his words, they should force companies to produce in the USA and at the same time rinse a lot of money into the state budget. Some experts, on the other hand, warn of a price boost if the taxes are passed on to customers. The central bank of the Federal Reserve has so far frightened it from an interest reduction that Trump absolutely wants.

The independence of the Fed is a cornerstone of trust in the US money market – and thus also the global financial industry. But Trump in the principle of pressure on the central bankers. First of all, he made public considerations to relieve Fed boss Jerome Powell – for which there were hardly any overcoming hurdles. Then he announced that he dismissed Council member Lisa Cook due to alleged false information in real estate loans before taking office at the Fed. Cook defends himself in court. Trump’s attack on the Fed is typical of his approach to institutions that stand in his goals.

Golden steel share and Intel participation

Trump’s policy also includes an unusual advance into the economy. The Republicans traditionally stood for free markets and as little as possible interference of the state. Under Trump, on the other hand, the United States received a “golden share” when taking over the steel company Us Steel by a Japanese competitor. This requires the president of the president, for example, for the relocation of jobs from the USA, work closures or large takeover in the country.

Trump’s new principle: If companies want something from the US government, they should pay for it. Intel gave the American state a share of ten percent in the company in return for the payment of a billion-dollar funding that had already been promised in 2024. The chip corporations NVIDIA and AMD are intended to give the government 15 percent of their revenues in China for granting export licenses.