I'm not sure that th U.S. can regain the trust of our allies

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13. You're right. No trust until the political system is fixed.

To qualify as a full democracy we have to make the Senate strictly proportional to population. Perhaps a base of one Senator and an additional Senator for each additional million voters (or whatever increment makes sense). Or just eliminate the Senate and make House representatives statewide positions elected proportionally.

I also think the Presidential system has failed. Trump destroyed it. We need a parliamentary system and proportional representation to end the two party system. It is too difficult to create and maintain informal coalitions that make any kind of sense. One of the two parties has already surrendered itself completely to a “strongman” and the politics of emotion to win elections, and to bad faith in governing.