The "Shithole" Country

 Remember when Donald Trump talked about "$hithole" countries?

Well, America, after Trump, definitely fits the description.  From a crumbling and dangerous infrastructure (unaddressed largely by republicans along with Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema) to a desperately undereducated populace, to the many right wing cults popping up all over the place, we are rapidly deteriorating to warlords and religious sects.  Let's call us the United States of Afghanistan.  It's who we are right now.  

My belief is Trump brought us to this sorry state, via ineptitude and a desire for an autocracy wherein he could name himself king.  He's still desperately trying to overturn an election that labeled him a loser.  Talk about excessive, malignant narcissism.  He can't stand it.  My guess is he punches his mirror every morning and actually sees a large red L on his forehead.

We've got little morons like Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis working their racist butts off to deter  voting by minorities and impose archaic restrictions on women's rights.  Oh yeah - and killing off people with anti-vax rhetoric.   We've got pop up groups like the Proud Boys and Oathkeepers determined to lead us into a civil war.  We've got Baptist pastors claiming Trump is the second coming.  We've got senators whom are not representing their constituents but rather imposing a radical right agenda that will seriously harm the very people whom elected them.  We've got antivaxxers and a pandemic that drags on and on largely due to misinformation.  And to top it all off, we've got Fox (pseudo) News spreading hatred, lies and dissent.  We have insane gun laws that make going to the movies a potentially deadly decision.  We've got high rents, low inventory on EVERYTHING, and people suffering.  

In short, we've got a real crisis in America.  

It didn't use to be this way.  Well, maybe the infrastructure was crumbling, but we didn't have lunatics believing an evil man like Trump was Jesus.  We didn't have mob scenes brought to the capitol doors.  We didn't have religious leaders possessed by whatever demons make a person believe in a person like Trump.  

America, alas, is a $hithole Country - brought to you by the Trump Family and a whole bunch of ignorant Americans too stupid to know when they're shooting themselves in the foot.