Blistering BBC article: What this crisis reveals about the US - and its president.

[Whiskeytide]

39. I agree with most of your sentiment. And ...

... I don’t necessarily agree with everything the OP’s article alleges. But I am profoundly disappointed in many of my fellow Americans. I would have never thought Тяцмр was possible under any scenario. I’ve read a lot of analysis of 2016, and I understand it. But that doesn’t mean I’m not disillusioned that we got where we are because of raging idiocy, racism and a “fuck everyone but me” attitude.

We have to own up to the fact that we let this happen. Whether by disengagement, apathy, poor messaging, failed policies of our own - you name it. Тяцмр arose because we failed to stop him. Our allies around the world believe this -even if they don’t really believe we are a nation of Тяцмрs. Even if we kick him out in November, they will remember that we are forever one election away from handing the keys back to the next Тяцмр.

So - like it or not - he DOES represent us. For some he’s their standard carrier. For us, he’s our failure. We need to do better in 2020.