A Trump loss will put his American dictatorship project at risk

America is at war with itself, and the midterm elections today are a crucial battle in this fierce and vastly important conflict. If Donald Trump and the Republican Party lose both Houses of Congress by a decisive margin, this will be seen as a mass rejection by voters of his Latin American-style dictatorship in the making, rooted in exploiting racial, cultural, social and economic fissures in American society. Sceptics argue that even if Trump suffers such a humiliation he will simply ignore it and deepen his control over America, regardless of public opinion and constitutional restraints. He may well try…