Democracy Dies in Darkness
Campaign Debrief
Donald Trump’s imaginary and frightening world
His extreme caricatures serve as a way to paint an alarming picture of America under the Biden-Harris administration.
10 min
Analysis byAshley Parker
In Donald Trump’s imaginary world, Americans can’t venture out to buy a loaf of bread without getting shot, mugged or raped. Immigrants in a small Ohio town eat their neighbors’ cats and dogs. World War III and economic collapse are just around the corner. And kids head off to school only to return at day’s end having undergone gender confirming surgery.
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