On July 31, 2025, El Salvador's Legislative Assembly, dominated by President Nayib Bukele's Nuevas Ideas party, approved a constitutional reform allowing indefinite presidential re-election and extending the presidential term to six years. Bukele defended the reform, stating it is not the end of democracy, attributing criticism partly to El Salvador's status as a poor country. The United States government rejected comparisons of Bukele's administration to dictatorial regimes, emphasizing that the constitutional change was enacted by a democratically elected assembly and expressing support for the reform. However, opposition voices remain critical; an opposition deputy filed a constitutional challenge against the reform at the Supreme Court, and some analysts view the reform as a step toward dismantling democratic order in El Salvador. The political environment surrounding Bukele's re-election prospects has drawn parallels to former U.S. President Donald Trump, highlighting concerns about the erosion of democratic safeguards under Bukele's tenure.