Absolutely understandable, Trump has been allowed to continue so far almost completely without interference, every time Trump is stopped by legalities, he just pauses for a while, and then continues again claiming the legal claim is now outdated for whatever bullshit reason. And there is very little indication that the Democrats have the guts to do anything serious. Maybe in a year they'll start another investigation after having thought very hard about it, and that too goes nowhere, because then Democrats will lose the next election, because people are sick of Democrats doing nothing.

The problem is also that it's not just the American politicians and flawed democracy we don't trust, it's the American people. A people that can elect Trump twice is simply not trustworthy.

On the upside there are a few fighters among the Democrats, but unfortunately they are a minority among the Democrats that themselves are currently a minority in representation.

Support people like David Hogg, he is trying to modernize the democratic party from the inside. and that's what Americans need to support IMO.

Good luck to the Americans in the election, I'm not betting on much, but I am still hoping.

Democrats had the chance to deal with Trump during Biden's term and they just waffled around until the chance passed. Then he got elected a second time. As much as Americans want to waffle that they can't do anything about it they can. They can vote in primaries, they can start grassroots campaigns, they can protest. All I've seen until now from the American people is that Simpsons line: "We've tried nothing and we're out of ideas." That doesn't inspire confidence that things will change and other countries are noticing that.

There's also the fact that Trump has a 30% approval rating. That's unheard of in a democratic country. Merz in Germany, which is not even remotely close to being as bad as Trump has an 18% approval rating. Macron has a 17% approval rating. For a leader that Americans say is so unpopular 30% approval rating is huge, it's a third of the country.

TBF Merz' approval rating is a historic low for a German chancellor. IIRC 30% is about normal, for a normal head of state that doesn't constantly insult the population or introduce unpopular reforms.

30% of people are authoritarians. They want to have someone order them around. They're weak and have essentially joined a cult of personality. You can't just get people to leave a cult. Reason and personal harm don't phase them like it should. It'll take removing the personality and then generations of dealing with the fallout as MAGA falls into small localized cults. It's a historically long mess to deal with.

Nor are actual progressive Americans

I certainly wouldn't bet on it, sadly. I would be delighted were they to prove otherwise, though.

A people that can elect Trump twice is simply not trustworthy.

They elected that shit stain on humanity twice. Vile.

I wouldn't count on a Democratic congress to do absolutely anything, unless you're part of a specific minority in the US.

For everyone else on the planet any changes in US governments are marginal at best. They'll still be exploited or worse.

The only ways out of this are mass uprisings or the US losing an all-out war.