Right-wing populism in the United States

Three years after the raid on the Capitol, when supporters of Donald Trump tried to block the ratification of Joe Biden's election, it is inconceivable that the possibility of Trump's being elected again in November can still be the subject of serious discussion.

The U.S. state of Maine on Thursday blocked former president Donald Trump from its Republican presidential primary after the top election official ruled him ineligible due to involvement in the January 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Just to recall, the former US President was accused of inciting riots in the US Capitol building in an attempt to overturn the result after he lost the 2020 US election, which is why the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that he cannot run in the next presidential election.
The Trump campaign said the Colorado ruling was "wrong" and would appeal to the US Supreme Court.

Trump has been accused of inciting riots at the U.S. Capitol building in an attempt to overturn the result after he lost the 2020 US election. The Trump campaign said the Colorado ruling was "wrong" and would appeal to the US Supreme Court.
It comes after a Colorado court, all of whose judges were appointed by Democratic governors, removed Trump from the state's presidential race.

In a landmark decision that could resonate nationwide, the Colorado Supreme Court has excluded former President Donald Trump from the state's 2024 presidential ballot. Citing the 14th Amendment's "insurrectionist ban," the court ruled 4-3, deeming Trump ineligible as a presidential candidate, CNN reported.

An appeals court in Colorado on Tuesday ruled Donald Trump cannot appear on the state's presidential primary ballot because of his involvement in the attack on the Capitol in January 2021.

Sometimes history moves like a derailed train, at a terrifying speed and without anyone being able to do anything to stop its fateful course. I guess there were many who felt this way on the eve of the First and Second World Wars. 

The owner of social media platform X Elon Musk has reinstated the profile of American radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after a poll of the site's users supported the move, Reuters reported.

"The people have had their say and it will be done," Musk wrote in a post in response to a query Saturday about whether Jones' account should be reinstated.

A sudden spate of dystopian warnings has got America talking about the possibility less than a year before the US elections.

Dark scenarios about what could happen if the twice-impeached Republican former president wins in 2024 have appeared in the space of a few days in major US media outlets that include The Washington Post, The New York Times and the Atlantic.

"I expect that Putin will not make peace, or at least not to a significant extent, before he sees the results of our elections," said the U.S. official, who wished to remain anonymous, Reuters reported.
The American elections are scheduled for November next year.