By inciting Capitol mob, Trump pushes U.S. closer to a banana republic
By inciting Capitol mob, Trump pushes U.S. closer to a banana republic
By Ako Ufodike
Assistant Professor, public policy, York University, Canada
On Jan. 6, millions of people around the world witnessed a modern-era insurrection as it unfolded in the United States. Supporters of Donald Trump, the outgoing president, raided the Capitol in an attempt to prevent the certification of the November 2020 presidential election results.
The insurrection was the worst incidence of election-related violence in the U.S. since 1920, and the first time the Capitol has been attacked by its own citizens.
Former president George W. Bush, the last Republican president prior to Trump, condemned the event, stating: “This is how election results are disputed in a banana republic — not our democratic republic.”
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