Correspondent in Washington
A president running for re-election who rages against an official report describing him as an old man losing his memory.
A former president under several indictments, a new candidate, who attacks the institutions of his own country and threatens to abandon his allies... A Supreme Court engaging in legal contortions to find a way not to apply the constitutional rule disqualifying a candidate who took part in an insurrection.
A Congress whose divided majority is no longer able to legislate, and where the defeat of the opposing camp takes precedence over everything, including the national interest...
The American political crisis has accelerated in recent weeks.
Only the rapid succession of events often prevents us from grasping the extent of the phenomenon.
The most unusual or improbable episodes are immediately overshadowed by the next incident, even before being analyzed.
At the center, both cause and consequence, is the election…
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