text:  for any of the crimes that he committed, including crimes against American democracy, that's also shocking. So the assassination attempt is occurring in a much broader context in which U.S. democracy has fallen into this serious crisis. For those of us living in the U.S. for the past several years, we've had a front row seat of the news, but you're saying that people outside of the U.S. have also been tracking this and American-style democracy has been losing credibility and influence for years.