Your last 2 lines “this country is screwed. Trump would only postpone it”, may indeed be true, baring world events, calamities included, that may bring us together as a people for a couple more generations. World events, such as WW3.
I have to remember, no empire lasts forever, at least not without morphing several different times and ways.
Rome, Britannia, Portugal used to be a huge deal, due to trade advantages, now look at it. A small, faded spot on a map, good for wealthy tourists to hide from the world for a while. I was fortunate to be in America during its best and most influential years.
“I was fortunate to be in America during its best and most influential years.”
Ugh...past tense hits different.
I to am very appreciative of living in America at this time.
I give all the credit to my ancestors who sacrificed so much to get us here.
That makes it very difficult watching the downfall.
Knowing they suffered so much.
“Trump would only postpone it”
I think of it like Trump does. The US is and may always be a developing nation. Only 250 years but with more than enough good in it to build on. As an experiment, there is no model for perfection but there are provisions for “the making of a more perfect union”.