Time for US to go beyond false dichotomy of two-party system

Caption US President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as President on January 20, 2017 at the US Capitol in Washington[AFP] 

The ceasefire in Gaza is a bittersweet moment—a fragile pause in a decades-long cycle of violence. While its immediate effects are a relief to those caught in the crossfire, it also highlights the stark failures of US foreign policy, particularly under the Democratic Party, which has long championed itself as the moral choice in American politics.

This illusion of morality, however, crumbles under scrutiny, revealing a two-party system that perpetuates the same imperialist, militaristic agenda with different branding. By contrast, Donald Trump, often derided as a villain, has in some ways exposed the hypocrisy of this system and delivered policies that inadvertently benefited both Americans and the rest...