In September,  Time  magazine  had an article that might foreshadow what beholds the USA, now that Donald Trump has been re-elected.  Let's go back to 2011 and to the birthplace of the  Arab Spring , Tunisia. Tunisia began this uprising, followed by Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Syria and Bahrain, Tunisia with the public suicide of a vegetable vendor began a path towards democracy, the only Arab country that went in this direction. All went well until 2019 when Kais Saied was elected president on a populist platform disillusioned with political gridlock and economic stagnation.  The first major sign was in 2021 when Saied used the COVID-19 pandemic to centralize his power.  The first time Trump was elected, he was not experienced enough to do that. The Constitution was suspended, parliament was dissolved and opposition politicians, critics, activists, journalists and union leaders were persecuted.  Many of them were jailed. Tunisia had a presidential election on 6October2024 . Only three ca