Foreign observers shocked by chaos over U.S. election
These are challenging times for foreigners whose job it is to interpret American politics for people in other countries.
As President Trump has used a string of maneuvers to attack the election he lost as fraudulent and illegitimate, many observers are perplexed as they watch the country they have known and admired floundering in a constitutional crisis and growing mistrust of democratic institutions.
For many, it is a struggle to maintain confidence that America’s principles and ideals will prevail.
“People who know the U.S. are shocked it’s going on so long,” said Michal Baranowski, the German Marshall Fund director of the office in Warsaw, of the post-election uncertainty and Trump’s refusal to concede.
“We still say it will work out, because of the strength of U.S. institutions. But, man, it’s taking a long time, and I’m beginning to worry.”
Some foreign observers are also struggling to explain the U.S. political drama to their baffled friends and colleagues.
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