So let's get you on the record and remove all doubt...what is America's form of government?
Well I've always liked the formulation "A Republic of Republics" as a short hand for the original design of the founders.
But obviously we've grown far from that over time, I'm not sure what simple terms I'd used to describe the current behemoth.
Let's get you on the record: how do you describe the current American form of government? It's certainly a lot less "republican" and a lot more "democratic" than it was in 1783.
(17th Amendment direct election of Senators, Progressive Era reforms, including citizen initiative, activist life-time tenure judges making laws up out of thin air, attempts to abolish the electoral college, executive orders in place of laws, administrative "laws" in place of legislation, fake treaties not ratified by the Senate, massive deconstruction of the Bill of Rights, etc.)