America is seeing the last stand of white supremacism. Its foreign policy was summed up by a White House aide, "We're America, Bitch!" The Republican Party has turned nativist-populist. The Democrats are moving to the left. A new party could occupy the center if it weren't for the political duopoly. Fortunately, while Trump & Co. are making things worse, America's institutions, while weakened, are holding. Trump had a dry run for a coup which only revealed that a coup is impossible. The midterm elections will likely create a Democratic Congress, putting a check on his power. America will recover, if weakened. Whether Americans use the opportunity to actually talk to instead of past each other is a big, currently unanswerable question.
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