Trump Shooting Confirms US Democratic Decline | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Trump Shooting Confirms US Democratic Decline | Vantage with Palki Sharma
From the Capitol riots in 2020 to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the last couple of years have seen a backsliding of democracy in the US. The presidential race in 2024 is down to a convicted felon who tried to overturn election results and an 81-year-old who confuses names and places. Is this the best America has to offer? Palki Sharma tells you.
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The show is anchored by Palki Sharma, Managing Editor, Firstpost.
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[@binodbiharipanda915]

2 party democracy is not a democracy. It's soft autocracy.

[@varun2250]

2 party convenient democracy is a slight improvement over one party system of cpc

[@controversialcommentswithmia]

No the cpc is better at leat they have stability and a fantstic social system all their needs are met and china is growing like no other nation ​@@varun2250

[@vanjamenadzer]

No, bro, it doesn't matter which part wins because it's corporatocracy. US is run by corporations. In fact, US flag is the same as one of the biggest corporations of those times - East India Company.

[@RamalingamKB]

Plutocracy is right term evrryone is looking for😅

[@YouCantHandleTheTruth.]

_"2 party democracy is not a democracy. It's soft autocracy."_ Bwahahahaha! Like India's _multiple_ parties and and are now ruled by the authoritarian BJP under Modi?

[@sandipdas5087]

And USA lectures India about Democracy. Shameeeee.....

[@user-je7pc2mp5e]

This has nothing to do with democracy.

[@IndiHeads-mn4kq]

@@user-je7pc2mp5e yes it does, it shows how weak your democratic system is that people can't even listen to each other

[@sageofsixpaths98]

​@@user-je7pc2mp5eis that a joke?

[@user-je7pc2mp5e]

@@IndiHeads-mn4kq Democracy is not about listening to each other.😂😂 Democracy is about electing govt via free and fair election.

[@sandipdas5087]

@@user-je7pc2mp5e When you guy's cant protect your Ex President then how you would protect country's democracy? Buddy this has lot to do with Democracy.

[@SARON12able]

As an INDIAN , we are very much concerned about the Human Rights violations in USA.

[@user-je7pc2mp5e]

As if India is a developed country and a standard for democracy 😂😂

[@SHOBHATIWARITHECREATOR]

​@@user-je7pc2mp5e ola 🐷🐷☪️ondom

[@nmew6926]

Unless India is a wealthy country, your say has no meaning

[@adityavikramsingh9483]

​@@nmew6926China is rich, so by your logic they would be epitome and authority on democracy. Use your brain if you have one.

[@riseshine7517]

@@nmew6926Now, we might not be much wealthy, but we r dignified 😊 in the past period we r both wealthy & dignified 👆

[@crahul1987]

No country has been as hypocrite as the US....

[@haidenhill6358]

😂😂😂

[@user-eh5nc1kr5d]

who isn't?

[@manisekhar]

The first point, Judging others and not cleaning themselves. US and HYPOCRISY are Synonyms, as always.

[@1abc546]

Brutally honest take by Palki.

[@SrikantSunkara]

Absolutely true about America today.

[@charlesblount1083]

No it's not about America I feel like we're being scolded

[@smahmedhasan6643]

Wonderful Speech with Palki Sharma

[@ketivp328]

Savage...!! kudos to Palki for saying what needs to be said. Hope someone in US is seriously listening to you.

[@ugeshtamada5766]

The 81 year old doesn't remember what he had for breakfast 😂😂😂. First America should fix their democracy before lecturing other nations.

[@user-je7pc2mp5e]

Their democracy is fixed, that why no one remain President there for more than 2 terms.😂😂 Can't say the same about India.

[@chisangamfula6421]

😂

[@shivinshivin3372]

​@@user-je7pc2mp5e What a joke. A country with just 2 parties and a man who cant even walk right is President. Your definition of "fixed" seems to be broken.

[@unknowncommonman]

​@@user-je7pc2mp5eSays the country with the worst rail network in the developed world courtesy to politics and lobbying by car companies.

[@zarthustra7]

USA stop giving report cards to other nations when own grades are failing.

[@sageofsixpaths98]

The fall of democracy in America is very concerning.

[@user-g5rt89]

only 2 party democracy, just one step behind NKorea and China's autocratic one party system.😂

[@josemaciel232]

Thank you palki absolute truth, stating the obvious

[@rogerbramble2546]

Amen, sister, everything that came out of your mouth is absolutely on point.

[@saikumarr6687]

Not only is democracy in danger in America, people are also not safe. Uncle Sam, please stop preaching to the world and start introspecting...

[@greendesertgoddess]

In danger? It was never a democracy!

[@davelewis4064]

The US democratcy has been in decline for the past 3 1/2 years.

[@mekhailjalexander8347]

This is so true. Our politicians are so blind to see what's happening inside our nation, yet they keep criticism of other nations like china and North Korea .. our political system is becoming the worst thing ever happened.

[@dianablackman4528]

Exactly!

[@jankauffmann6899]

Shakespeare wrote Hamlet with this famous line ‘Something is rotten in the state of Denmark’ had he lived today he would have used the USA instead of Denmark.

[@rishabhangara3164]

Palki sharma is absolutely correct. American democracy is declining day by day

[@user-eh5nc1kr5d]

what is democracy? it is rule by people for people so as long as u chose whoever u like there is democracy

[@Ashe1479]

This country is going down so fast

[@AdaRaMs402]

"US TRIES TO JUDGE EVERYONE ON THE PLANET BUT, Who is Judging USA? NO ONE" PALKI SHARMA. WOW! ❤

[@AkwaowoAdiakpan]

I have been so waiting to hear from you on this matter 😊

[@dorjiwangchuk404]

100 percent

[@manojbehera3507]

U r d very best.... News anchor

[@yolumi6592]

America is a shame

[@aljopanda7205]

"An 81-year old who doesn't remember what he had for breakfast" had me die laughing. Love you Palkie! 😂😂😂

[@user-fy1iw4nn1o]

Very powerful video

[@IN-ud2ks]

The USA is just one step ahead of China. China has 1 political party and the USA has 2 political parties. The present US govt. is trying to stop Trump in every possible way from the beginning. So, you can understand how similar "Democratic" countries they are.

[@beautifuldreamer3991]

Old men have something young men do not have,.....wisdom,experience and knowledge. Young men and women lose their heads....

[@OghosasereEhondor]

@beautifuldreamer3991 keep on dreaming 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@Yogis_BitterTruth_Nirvan]

Who told you USA is democracy or even a country in the first place? where are native Americans why aren't they ruling those continents which belongs to them?

[@himangaboruah1233]

Saste nashe karke aaya hai kya bharwey??

[@user-eh5nc1kr5d]

It has been long time since i hear crazy joke like this😂😂😂

[@Yogis_BitterTruth_Nirvan]

@@user-eh5nc1kr5d then you are conditioned since long time to think wrong. and to take truth as a joke. but the truth is undeniable. only naitves can country or nation because they have their own land. rest are invaders

[@Yogis_BitterTruth_Nirvan]

@@user-eh5nc1kr5d It's a joke to conditioned mind since Columbus arrived there.

[@abhishekbhardwaj4583]

We are deeply concerned about the state of democracy in US, we r concerned about right to expression in US which was violated by govt in university protests. US needs to rectify or it will fall apart.

[@ankitnarwal6468]

Palki on fire 🔥

[@sarahatantra1158]

When america talks of democracy it means " regime change"

[@Varungsn]

Nice reporting. Very useful information thanks 👍 palki ma'am

[@Peter.Trey.KapeyaFX]

It's fun how you all crucify Palki everytime she says something against what you belief but Praise her when she say something that you believe to be true😂...Ms Sharma isn't the problem you are just an hypocrite

[@AKumar-co7oe]

she isn't american

[@chetanbharat6766]

Is it co-incident or Pakistan incident political series😂 repeat in 🇺🇸 USA. Court case, assassinations attempt,Not able to participate in election's & finally jailed😅😂people choice.

[@designspace3144]

Indira Gandhi? Rajeev Gandhi?

[@varun2250]

​@@designspace3144Kennedy?

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

​@@designspace3144kenedy, teddy ?

[@jankauffmann6899]

For the most part I have to agree with her assessment of the political situation in USA.

[@pulakprakriti]

America Preaches Other Countries While Being in The Mud Themselves. “We’re deeply concerned about the health of democracy and human rights in US, amd we’re closely monitoring the situation and hope for Trump’s speedy recovery.”

[@vaibhavsaini5752]

All Americans commenting she shouldn't speak on this topic, need to look at your own Biased Western Media lectures on India, Also your stupid leaders lectures. Needs to look how much western media interfered in Indian elections by just supporting one candidate with no facts.

[@nandakumar4738]

US is a developed country 🤣🤣🤣

[@designspace3144]

No no india is a developed country which makes microprocessors, A.I., has Nasa, SpaceX, etc.

[@varun2250]

​@@designspace3144nope we don't. But what the author of this comment meant to say is that usa is a fragile democracy

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

​@@designspace3144lol space x whose rockets keeps blowing up.. recently in space too😂

[@Stay_withnature]

although Democratic value of so called guardian of democracy is loosing day by day. However, people of good wealth rushing to get citizenship of USA … Think over it 4 those who are far away from USA … Don’t regret after getting into the American society

[@harishv5228]

Well the USA is or never was democracy...😂

[@Christianityunmasked]

That statistic that was brought up about daily gun deaths is rather disengenuious when you factor gun deaths in regards to law enforcement and suicides that happen

[@musicmikeish]

American exceptionalism 😂

[@Everynameistakenwhy]

I love how straightforward Palki is

[@marciahille3155]

Because it is our second amendment.

[@dibyaraj108]

US keeps interfering, lecturing and one sidedly dictating others in the world, toppling govts and regime changes but the muricans will cry when others start pointing something about US. 🤣 😂

[@tesfayekenea8533]

The USA:- 1) Too busy looking outside, judging other countries 2) Hunger for power 3) Deep division on policy such as abortion (Palki beingfor abortion & Co. 😂) 4) etc Spot on!

[@vivektandale8380]

who says CIA isnt already in the game

[@me-zs7tr]

so true

[@NunuHuin]

Please Bring it Up!!!

[@KrishnaUwacha]

3:55 😂 lost their wisdom teeth in cold war😂

[@dahiruidirisu-tu6xy]

You explained very well thanks

[@Hbjbsisbehsbsj]

Concerned about this.

[@Bactor-Handflutist]

❤❤❤❤Palki should meet Tucker Carson 😂....I love her independent, common sense.... She'd make an amazing Tucker Palki Perspective 😂😂❤

[@Dawitesfa2024]

They should focus fixinginternal issues rather interfering other countries . The matter you just mentioned

[@the_gamer_kinda]

I hate how firstpost presents news...it's like incitement

[@madhureshkumarsingh3261]

There's no democracy remain in USA. Bharat is deeply concerned and is watching it carefully. Also will release a report on democracy.

[@charlesiphone5765]

It's the leftists

[@mahabaleshwarpandit2378]

If a person like Rahul Gandhi thinks he is the right person to be PM of India anything is ok

[@mannabuharikambai6524]

Harsh truth!!!!! Good work Palki, very constructive

[@thearki-vist6050]

Wil smith Vs Chris Rock*

[@amritchaswal1613]

Now this is what I call journalism and the reason why news is different when Palki Sharma Upadhayay reads it.

[@YouCantHandleTheTruth.]

Palkee, I think you should talk about India first before you open your mouth and spew bs about The United States.

[@BLUERAY1611]

Yet they have audacity to preach and lecture India.

[@lucotonico]

Democracy lol😂 what is that?

[@LucyL.R]

👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@vaibhavsaini5752]

China has one party system and USA has two party system. No 3rd choice for Americans, I wouldn't say USA a democracy.

[@rareearthelement8698]

@vaibhavsaini5752 We're probably nit picking, though the distinction which you make is the number of parties defines a democracy ("party system"). The US is a representative (or constitutional) democracy as opposed to a direct democracy. The public elects individuals to represent them at government level in a representative democracy as opposed to a referendum for the majority on key issues in the case of a direct democracy. So, the representative or constitutional democracy as well as the direct democracy are all a type of democracy.

[@IamBrian369]

Q R in control

[@varun2250]

The persecution against the opposition party in USA is not good for the trust people have in their political system. Demms are doing a big mistake being complicit in all this.

[@israelgoodluck2464]

Pls DT didn't fairly lose the 2020 election, neither did he incite that insurrection. Pls do some search on these issues.

[@arijitdakshi820]

Uncannily similar to the film 🎬 Civil War 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@BhaskarHebbaniNagaiah]

Wonderful presentation of US, what about our Rahul brother, he don't know what he is speaking? why is speaking? What r the consequences on country, no hindhu culture in entire family, follow Christianity, teaches hindhus 😂😂

[@mayank.9203]

Love the video title.❤

[@gishjalmr5628]

Interesting points but you lack an understanding of the way the country works, or you just chose to ignore the way the government in the US works and try to apply the ways of India to the US. Most US citizens don't think about India and they don't judge India. I'm sure that the people of India have the same attitude that most US citizens have, they wish to be left to their own devices and not be told how to live their lives.

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

No one gives a flying f about US citizens.. she is talking about your government, which has bad habit of meddling in other sovereign countries internal matters..your gov yapp to much about democracy in other countries meanwhile your country is literally run by corporates

[@logician3641]

US decline is very very bad for India...Who says abortion is the most important policy issue in the US?

[@msdolly6101981]

What has India got to do with US decline

[@virajsh]

Practically everything that you said was incorrect. Its not news; it is just your personal opinion.

[@YouCantHandleTheTruth.]

Nita and the Ambanis: _"look at ME ME ME!!"_

[@RaviChaudhari-bq4qw]

USA ( 2 party system) soft autocracy Democracy 🥱🥱

[@Christianityunmasked]

The problem that exists in the United States is not exclusive to America but the problem is actually with the democratic system itself the problem is that everyone thinks that the democratic system is a perfect system and that there no other system in which to draw wisdom from. You seeing a similar problem in Germany with the government attempting to ban the afd, you're also seeing this in France wear radical extreme parties are becoming more popular, you're also seeing this change happening in Canada in England. The problem I believe is that more so in North America with Canada and America is that these are relatively young Nations which only have ever had one system and that is democracy so they don't really have any frame of reference to another way of doing things, and there is a lot more naivety around the democratic system that people take for granted. It's also a bit ignorant to assume that the United States is the only country that restricts abortion access when there are most countries in Eastern Europe flat out band abortion, and in a place like india abortion is banned up to 24 weeks so I think what America did was ban late-term abortions, which are legal under the former system. So it is kind of Rich if you're going to claim that America is some dystopian Society because they restricted abortion to 16 weeks in a place like Florida. But the real problem with the democratic system is the fact that you basically have people who are allowed to make decisions who really should not be making decisions on how the state is run. The problem that exists within the democratic system is that voters will only vote in terms of Their Own self-interest which at times may actually be countered to National interest because the one thing that you're actually failing to realise is that there are actual people who voted to put someone like Joe Biden in power politicians in a democratic system are a reflection of the electorate that put them there. For example people are willing to overlook the whole scandal with Bill Clinton and Wanita Broderick simply for the purpose of getting abortion access which no matter how you slice it it just basically a get out of jail free card for women's bad reproductive choices(rape and incest being the minority of cases). If you actually asked the average voter why they want to vote you will find that they really bring nothing to the table and simply just want to voice their opinion, the idea of universal sufferage serves no real function and does nothing for increasing State efficiency but in fact is the opposite

[@gouravgargg]

Wisdom teeth in Cold war 😂

[@chisangamfula6421]

😂

[@JimRevell-ny4hw]

I bet the leader's of all the other countries are wondering if there next ?

[@Sujeesh_Bhosri]

You are an Indian. Why are you talking about USA? As per your logic indian living in Germany should not talk about India.😅😅

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

Lol dhruv tatti ke 3sre aand . It's international news for a reason

[@hedon5028]

You extreme bias when it comes to women's issues didn't go unnoticed, Palki.

[@WowLuvya]

Palki is a riot😀

[@cab8866]

When will people finally learn that the US is NOT A DEMOCRACY!!! We are a Constitutional Republic. Learn the difference.

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

Then you shouldn't yapp about democracy of other countries

[@johnnymack9600]

So true!

[@AKumar-co7oe]

you are 1 party state with 1 other party. idiotic system

[@PK-se2jh]

and then US go lecture world about democracy and human rights, toppling regimes and governments around the world claiming to bring in democracy

[@mariabenitoarribas841]

How much are you paid for this news.....vomiting!!!

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

No one pays for speaking truth

[@meshweta]

Indian media has arrived :)

[@mpalaniswamy736]

India is no different from USA on selfish politicians

[@Yogis_BitterTruth_Nirvan]

as if you are completely selfless

[@zarthustra7]

That ship has sailed - we are a government of the lobbyists, by the lobbyists, for the lobbyists since Obama days.

[@sushilmelville8998]

Money

[@stanleyeloo1968]

What are you talking about? CIA what? What are you? Guns what?

[@angeleyessvenska9330]

It's DemAHcracy, so not a propah democracy

[@randomlyamazing58]

Every country has problems. Like it or not, the US plays a huge role in world politics and that does not mean they are perfect. They don't have to be perfect. No country is perfect. India also has huge problems. The other day, people were trampled to death at a religious gatherings. Give the US a break.

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

Avg murikan🤡

[@bennyonoja856]

Judging others rather than looking inwards - very hypocritical self righteousness.

[@Yogis_BitterTruth_Nirvan]

Who told you USA is democracy or even a country in the first place? where are native Americans why aren't they ruling those continents which belongs to them?

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

You described USA perfectly 🤌

[@user-ec2jx2jj1v]

all around the world problem is money there are no country without corruption all the globe is in the same bag that is what i learned

[@ReubenMolsom]

Oh come on Palki ma'am, West politics are very Interesting we know that but 462 Indians die everyday of road Accident. And don't forget Manipur though (civil war).... Forget Other countries gun laws that's God given right to self defence. How many Indians die of mob lynching??

[@sageofsixpaths98]

Haa bhai, international news channel ab bahar ki news hi dikhana band kar de haina??

[@webdevelopmeny8999]

Wow, you know so much about India.

[@mariemotivation1182]

You can say the same for india in china, like in india. Everything is perfect in china. Nothing works 😆 🤣

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

From when chinese bot account started to use nikkas on dp 😂

[@imran1906]

Sharma ji focus on modi .. everyday you will find plenty of news to talk about..

[@user-je7pc2mp5e]

Palki compared Trump's case with Kejriwal. Trump got proper conviction in court. Kejriwal didn't. Kejriwal was jailed, Trump was not.

[@JohnnyRotten-uf6xw]

He has been arrested by the CBI. Trump was indicated and convicted, only sentencing is left in several of those cases. He's already bee fined close to half a mil.

[@cod_mw5675]

@@user-je7pc2mp5e CIA bot detected😁

[@prakxyz]

I thought she compared Trumps case with Lalu yadav

[@user-je7pc2mp5e]

@@prakxyz Nope. US didn't say anything about Lalu yadav.

[@kaushik-cy6vo]

@@user-je7pc2mp5e kejriwal has been busted in corruption charges and scandals stop this 😂