Actually, while it’s mortal men making the decisions it will be Stupidity (the ideological sort rather than the “hey, watch me do this!” sort) that will determine the destiny of the US.
Either the maleducated and indoctrinated so as to be unable to sustain a civilization Left will do exactly what the Cultural Marxists hoped they would do or Christ will return before they can.
Even if Christ doesn’t return for a long time yet Cultural Marxism has metastasized, and is a cancer that will be a millstone hung from out necks even if we can resist their efforts to go swimming in the sea.
“Tensions flare...” Who cares? Most of the congress bums are becoming rich on insider trading, shuffling contracts to extended relatives and friends, collecting overly generous paychecks and benefits, stealing money from taxpayers one way or another and waiting for their overly-generous retirement checks and benefits. What a bunch of integrity-free bums.