ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「Trump’s post-election tactics have put him in unsavory company.⁣ ⁣ By refusing to concede defeat and hurling unfounded accusations of electoral fraud, President Trump has adopted some of the anti-democratic tactics employed by leaders like Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and the strongman ruler of Belarus, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, who declared an implausible landslide victory in an election in August and had himself sworn in for a 6th term as president.⁣ ⁣ That club counts as its members far more dictators, tyrants and potentates than leaders of what used to be known as the “free world” — countries that, led by Washington, have for decades lectured others on the need to hold elections and respect the result.⁣ ⁣ The parallel is not exact. Trump participated in a free and fair democratic election. Most autocrats defy voters before they even vote, excluding real rivals from the ballot and swamping the airwaves with one-sided coverage.⁣ ⁣ But when they do hold genuinely competitive votes and the result goes against them, they often ignore the result, denouncing it as the work of traitors, criminals and foreign saboteurs, and therefore invalid. By refusing to accept the results of last week’s election and working to delegitimize the vote, Trump is following a similar strategy.⁣ ⁣ The U.S. has never before had to force an incumbent to concede a fair defeat at the polls. And merely by raising the possibility that he would have to be forced out of office, Trump has shattered the bedrock democratic tradition of a seamless transition.⁣ ⁣ Tap the link in our bio to read more. Photo by @nytmills.⁣」11月13日 1時11分