Brilliant analysis and thanks so much for what you wrote about Canada a superb democracy. Michael McDonnell superb analysis of founding fathers motivations. He also wrote that it was tax evasion and property speculation by the aggressive white mainly English that founded America. And as you so well point out a absolutist French King NOT George 111! Trump is a strong successor of the founding fathers: racist, tax avoider and property speculator. Europe far superior in terms of caring democracy than USA. As a Canadian pleased vile Trump is waking up Europe and NATO to take lead in democratic values and take on Putin fascist loved by Trump.