From the outside, looking in, do people in USA think there is anything close to democracy in their current federal government?

The United States of America is a Constitutional Republic not a democracy.

With gerrymandering, voter suppression, and the electoral college we have a very flawed democracy.

In the seven presidential elections since 1992, the Republican candidate has won the popular vote just once but has prevailed in the Electoral College three times — and the trends show that the Democrats' edge in the popular vote may be growing.

I suppose you're only talking trash about the President.

You are being fed Soviet style propaganda by most of  the global media. 

Nothing Trump as done remotely resembles dictatorship.  Quite the opposite.  Again,you are being lied to by the global media.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-announces-n... 

some people might think that way