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All in all, money turned out to be a major factor of Trump’s victory back in November 2024. Unfortunately, it also echoes the arrival of a financial oligarchy at the head of a democracy. Total : 370 words Thème The wealthiest man in the United States, if it’s not worldwide, did not hesitate to spend a lot, turning into a fundamental tool in Donald Trump’s campaign - the latter - Trump had promised to make him the head of a commission department in charge of making an audit of the American Government, planning on “reforming” it deeply [...]. After having invested 75 million dollars (69 million euros) in the Republican candidate’s campaign, Elon Musk pledged to offer 1 million dollars daily to a “randomly”-chosen elector on the electoral lists of swing states in exchange for a signature of a petition that declared that the First and Second Amendment of the American Constitution were out of possible modifications - they are those that guarantee freedom of speech and freedom to bear a firearm - those of which “traditional media do not want to talk about”, he said. The media turns out to be another target of theorist spheres… The social media X offers him “an unequalled shooting power”. Elon Musk uses the accusations against the Democrats according to which they massively bring back “illegal” migrants into key States so that they would get the American citizenship and vote for them. Essai In April 2025, Trump’s administration cut off 200 million dollars of public funding to Columbia University. President Trump considered that woke ideology did not have its place in college, which, for many, represented an infringement of freedom. Since his arrival at the White House, Trump accumulated the measures to “make America great again” but due to the protests and alerts, the question comes down to wondering how Trump buried the American democracy. Firstly, Trump concentrates all powers and ignores the legislative power to enact. Indeed, he cumulates the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives and the Supreme Court, the latter has the ability to amend the Constitution. As a result, Donald Trump seems omnipotent. During his farewell speech, Joe Biden reminded that some constitutional changes needed to be implemented so as not to keep presidential immunity (doc. 2). The various accusations against Trump appear to be shunned. In my opinion, despite the importance of political continuity, if a president is charged, the trial should happen during his time in office, especially in the United States where the Vice-President can deputize for the President. Moreover, Trump’s numerous executive orders dwarf the Congress which has partially been elected by the people, which directly curtails the right to choose the political direction the country takes. Then, American democracy is threatened by the creation of a financial oligarchy. The United States is the country with the wealthiest men on Earth as it is shown in Document 4, besides one can notice that their fortunes have grown since Trump’s arrival at the White House ; as a consequence one might surmise that the new Administration serves their interests instead of those of who elected them. Document 3 mentions in other words the DOGE (Department of Government efficiency), a new department created by Trump for Elon Musk that allows him to access the Treasure paying systems and advise the President. Although Musk is a private actor and the conflicts of interests are likely, he got to choose to suppress several federal agencies like USAID that donated 80 billion dollars of humanitarian help yearly. As a whole, decisions seem to be taken by only a few people which puts democracy at risk. Lastly, the great deal of infringement of freedom of speech since the beginning of Trump’s office endanger the American democracy. The media and more importantly social media are often controlled by the ultra-rich that can monitor the content to protect the users or conversely give up on any control to spread fake news in order to generate fear or to convince. Twitter was bought by Elon Musk and his proximity with Donal Trump allowed the President to publish anything on the platform. For instance, Trump expressed his anger towards American University, as a symbol of woke ideology. The Universities are a place of discussion and debate, it epitomises what democracy represents. However, due to pro-Palestine protests, Trump decided to cut public funding of 6 Ivy League Schools including Harvard, Yale, Princeton and so on. At the end of the day, the American democracy seems bogged down in a new Trump crisis. However ominous the situation seems to be, taxes on billionaires are reviewing some points of the Constitution could be an opposite blueprint. Total : 548 words
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