File photo of President Donald Trump AP/PTI Photo Fakir Syed Aijazuddin The next time any American preaches to you about democracy, whisper one word in reply: Trump. Whenever any American talks to you condescendingly about the quality of justice and the rule of law in the U.S., say: Presidential pardons. And if any American boasts of the absence of nepotism in their country, one word should be enough to silence them: Kushner. No election in U.S. history has exposed the fragility of its democratic system than the 2020 presidential election. Until then, it was understood that the unsuccessful candidate (even if he was a sitting president) would concede defeat in a gentlemanly manner to the person who pipped him at the electoral post.