#levitsky

The two were paired together for their last formal photograph session, echoing their first formal photographs together taken in 1899.

1899: photographed by Levitsky

In How Democracies Die, Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt identify four warning signs that a leader puts democracy at risk:

A weak commitment to democratic rules

Denial of the legitimacy of opponents

Toleration of violence

A willingness to curb civil liberties or the media

“With the exception of Richard Nixon, no major-party presidential candidate met even one of these four criteria over the last century. ... Donald Trump met them all.”