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The Coming Revival of America

American democracy crisis explored through Trump's impact on institutions, law, and civic values—and why it may spark renewal

EL CENTRAL by EL CENTRAL
June 16, 2026
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I detest him and everything he does or says. Ditto his despicable aides and Cabinet members, his unprincipled sycophants and suck-ups.

But it’s possible that someday we’ll look back on this horrendous era and say we needed Trump. We needed to see how horrible it could get before America was able to revive its ideals.

Please hear me out.

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Even before Trump, we were barreling down the wrong road. Inequalities of income, wealth, and opportunity were worsening. Legalized bribery was soaring in the form of mounting campaign contributions from big corporations and the wealthy. Workers were getting shafted. On Wall Street and in C-suites, fealty to the rule of law was giving way to “greed is good” selfishness. Giant corporations were monopolizing ever more of the economy. America was losing its moral authority in the world (think Abu Ghraib and the torture memo).

We couldn’t have remained on that road. Even if we didn’t know it then, most of us understand that now. Trump has opened our eyes to the consequences of extreme greed, corruption, cruelty, and utter disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law. His brazenness and shamelessness have awakened us to much that we took for granted.

He and his regime are still dangerous as hell, of course. But the American public is catching on. His polls are in the cellar; they continue to fall.

It’s as if the nation has been through basic training in democracy, a stress test in civics, a crash course in the importance of having a decent and good government.

Before Trump, how many Americans understood the importance of “checks and balances” among the three branches of government, as envisioned by the Founders?

Now nearly everyone knows, because we’ve seen what happens when the head of the executive branch usurps the power of Congress and defies the federal courts.

How many of us really knew what “due process” meant when it came to giving people accused by the government an opportunity to defend themselves?

By now most of us have seen videos of people dragged out of their homes in the dead of night by masked agents of the U.S. government and thrown into detention camps without so much as a hearing. And we’ve seen government agents murder American citizens in cold blood on the streets of our cities.

Did we understand the meaning of corruption, bribes, self-dealing, and pay-to-play before Trump extorted corporations and billionaires to contribute millions to his campaign, his PAC, his inauguration, his ballroom, and his 250th birthday party? Now, we surely do.

Did we really know the importance of professional civil servants before Trump fired tens of thousands of them and substituted brainless loyalists? Before he got rid of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because it published truthful jobs data he didn’t like?

Did we understand the importance of expertise before Trump turned his back on career diplomats at the State Department, doctors and epidemiologists at the Centers for Disease Control, and experienced lawyers at the Justice Department and replaced them with loyalist hacks?

Or the meaning of “equal justice under the law” before Trump turned the Justice Department into his own private law firm to prosecute political enemies and pardon supporters?

Did we comprehend the true meaning of freedom of speech and expression before Trump attacked our universities for allowing demonstrations he disliked? Before he got CBS to fire Stephen Colbert for satirizing him and muzzle “60 Minutes” for criticizing him?

Did we know the dangers of oligarchy before Trump authorized Elon Musk to destroy entire federal agencies? Before Trump suck-up Jeff Bezos prohibited the editorial board of The Washington Post from endorsing Kamala Harris? Before Trump turned over to Larry and David Ellison much of how Americans learn what’s going on — CBS’s broadcast network, its news division, and over 28 local television stations, as well as CNN, TikTok, Comedy Central, Discovery, HBO and HBO Max, and Warner Bros. Studios?

Did we understand the importance of the federal government keeping us safe and healthy before Trump eviscerated health and safety regulations? Before he decimated the Environmental Protection Agency, the Centers for Disease Control, and much of the Department of Health and Human Services? Before he authorized a crackpot with no medical background who opposes vaccines to run the world’s largest and most powerful health agency?

Did we understand why the Federal Reserve needs to be independent of politics? Did we know why the Federal Trade Commission needs to crack down against monopolies? Did we appreciate why the National Labor Relations Board must protect workers’ rights to form unions?

I venture to say, in answer to all of these questions: No, we did not know.

Now, most of us do.

It’s a terrible time. I share your sadness, anger, and fear. But prior to this daymare, too many of us had fallen asleep at the wheel. We had let America barrel down a road that was compromising too many of the ideals we hold in common.

Maybe we needed this horrific wakeup call in order to get back on the road we should have been on. We needed to see how fragile the institutions of self-government are in order to know why we must strengthen them. We needed to be reminded of what America is all about — what it should be about — in order to revive it — and reclaim it, for and by the people.

We will use what we’ve learned. We will fight for a stronger democracy. We’ll demand equal justice and the rule of law. We’ll commit ourselves to the common good. And we will assign Trump and his regime to the dustbin of history.

El próximo renacimiento de Estados Unidos

Detesto a Trump y todo lo que hace o dice. Lo mismo puedo decir de sus despreciables asesores y miembros de su gabinete, de sus aduladores sin principios y de quienes se deshacen en halagos para complacerlo.

Pero es posible que algún día miremos hacia atrás y digamos que necesitábamos a Trump. Que necesitábamos ver hasta dónde podía llegar la situación antes de que Estados Unidos pudiera recuperar sus ideales.

Permítanme explicar.

Incluso antes de Trump, ya íbamos por el camino equivocado. Las desigualdades en ingresos, riqueza y oportunidades seguían aumentando. El soborno legalizado crecía a través de las cada vez mayores contribuciones de grandes corporaciones y personas adineradas a las campañas políticas. Los trabajadores salían perdiendo. En Wall Street y en las oficinas ejecutivas de las grandes empresas, el respeto al Estado de derecho estaba siendo reemplazado por la idea egoísta de que “la codicia es buena”. Las grandes corporaciones monopolizaban una parte cada vez mayor de la economía. Estados Unidos estaba perdiendo su autoridad moral ante el mundo (pensemos en Abu Ghraib y los memorandos que justificaban la tortura).

No podíamos seguir por ese camino. Aunque tal vez entonces no lo entendíamos, hoy la mayoría sí lo comprende. Trump nos ha abierto los ojos a las consecuencias de la codicia extrema, la corrupción, la crueldad y el desprecio absoluto por la Constitución y el Estado de derecho. Su descaro y falta de vergüenza nos han despertado ante muchas cosas que dábamos por sentadas.

Por supuesto, él y su régimen siguen siendo extremadamente peligrosos. Pero el público estadounidense está comenzando a darse cuenta. Sus niveles de aprobación están por los suelos y continúan cayendo.

Es como si el país hubiera pasado por un entrenamiento intensivo en democracia, una prueba de resistencia en educación cívica, un curso acelerado sobre la importancia de contar con un gobierno decente y responsable.

Antes de Trump, ¿cuántos estadounidenses comprendían realmente la importancia de los “pesos y contrapesos” entre las tres ramas del gobierno, tal como los imaginaron los fundadores del país?

Ahora casi todos lo entienden, porque hemos visto lo que ocurre cuando el jefe del Poder Ejecutivo usurpa las facultades del Congreso y desafía a los tribunales federales.

¿Cuántos de nosotros sabíamos realmente qué significa el “debido proceso” cuando se trata de dar a las personas acusadas por el gobierno la oportunidad de defenderse?

A estas alturas, la mayoría hemos visto videos de personas sacadas de sus hogares en plena noche por agentes encapuchados del gobierno estadounidense y enviadas a centros de detención sin siquiera una audiencia. También hemos visto a agentes gubernamentales matar a ciudadanos estadounidenses a sangre fría en las calles de nuestras ciudades.

¿Entendíamos realmente el significado de la corrupción, los sobornos, el conflicto de intereses y los favores políticos antes de que Trump presionara a corporaciones y multimillonarios para que aportaran millones de dólares a su campaña, su PAC, su ceremonia de investidura, su salón de eventos y su fiesta de cumpleaños número 250? Ahora, sin duda, sí lo entendemos.

¿De verdad conocíamos la importancia de los servidores públicos profesionales antes de que Trump despidiera a decenas de miles de ellos y los reemplazara por leales sin preparación? ¿Antes de que destituyera al director de la Bureau of Labor Statistics por publicar datos de empleo verídicos que no le gustaban?

¿Comprendíamos el valor de la experiencia profesional antes de que Trump diera la espalda a diplomáticos de carrera del State Department, a médicos y epidemiólogos de los Centers for Disease Control, y a abogados experimentados del Department of Justice para sustituirlos por fieles seguidores?

¿O entendíamos el verdadero significado de la igualdad ante la ley antes de que Trump convirtiera al Department of Justice en su despacho jurídico personal para perseguir a sus adversarios políticos y perdonar a sus aliados?

¿Comprendíamos realmente el valor de la libertad de expresión antes de que Trump atacara a las universidades por permitir manifestaciones que no le agradaban? ¿Antes de que lograra que CBS despidiera a Stephen Colbert por satirizarlo y limitara a “60 Minutes” por criticarlo?

¿Conocíamos los peligros de la oligarquía antes de que Trump autorizara a Elon Musk a desmantelar agencias federales enteras? ¿Antes de que Jeff Bezos, buscando congraciarse con Trump, prohibiera que el consejo editorial de The Washington Post respaldara a Kamala Harris? ¿Antes de que Trump entregara a Larry y David Ellison una enorme influencia sobre la manera en que los estadounidenses se informan, incluyendo la cadena CBS, su división de noticias y más de 28 estaciones locales de televisión, además de CNN, TikTok, Comedy Central, Discovery, HBO, HBO Max y Warner Bros. Studios?

¿Entendíamos la importancia de que el gobierno federal protegiera nuestra salud y seguridad antes de que Trump desmantelara regulaciones sanitarias y de seguridad? ¿Antes de debilitar la Environmental Protection Agency, los Centers for Disease Control y gran parte del Department of Health and Human Services? ¿Antes de poner al frente de la agencia de salud más grande y poderosa del mundo a una persona sin formación médica y opuesta a las vacunas?

¿Entendíamos por qué la Reserva Federal necesita mantenerse independiente de la política? ¿Sabíamos por qué la Federal Trade Commission debe combatir los monopolios? ¿Valorábamos la importancia de que la National Labor Relations Board protegiera el derecho de los trabajadores a organizar sindicatos?

Me atrevo a decir que la respuesta a todas estas preguntas es: no, no lo sabíamos.

Ahora, la mayoría sí lo sabemos.

Es una época terrible. Comparto su tristeza, su enojo y su miedo. Pero antes de esta pesadilla, demasiados de nosotros nos habíamos quedado dormidos al volante. Permitimos que Estados Unidos avanzara por un camino que estaba comprometiendo demasiados de los ideales que compartimos.

Quizá necesitábamos esta dolorosa llamada de atención para volver al rumbo que debimos haber seguido desde el principio. Necesitábamos ver cuán frágiles son las instituciones del autogobierno para comprender por qué debemos fortalecerlas. Necesitábamos recordar de qué se trata Estados Unidos —de qué debería tratarse— para poder revitalizarlo y recuperarlo, para y por el pueblo.

Utilizaremos lo que hemos aprendido. Lucharemos por una democracia más fuerte. Exigiremos igualdad ante la ley y respeto al Estado de derecho. Nos comprometeremos con el bien común.

Y también enviaremos a Trump y a su régimen al basurero de la historia.

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