“I feel that the election of this caricature-like character, Donald Trump, is a ‘real and present’ danger. More specifically, electing an eccentric billionaire can divide the American public and disrupt this nuclear superpower domestically and internationally,” wrote Theodore Couloumbis only days before Trump’s election.
You can read his article for Kathimerini in Greek here.
“The Trump phenomenon and his evident popularity can only cause concern about the weakness of the democratic system. Democracy at its finest form, depicted by Aristotle in his ‘Politics’, requires an abundance of virtue to function. In its worse form, ‘demagogy’, it destroys civilizations,” wrote Thanos Veremis in November 2016, responding to the shock of Donald Trump’s election.
You can read his article for Kathimerini in Greek here.
“The full abandonment of values and logic is only one symptom of the political decay Donald Trump’s election epitomizes. Will a Trump administration signify a return to protectionism, the abandonment of international agreements, a trade war with China, all with catastrophic consequences for global economic cooperation and stability?” asked George Pagoulatos in the days following Trump’s election.
You can read his article for Kathimerini in Greek here.
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