[fwdude]

America has been put to a test and it is fumbling badly.

I believe the "test" was decades ago, and now we are failing. What we are seeing now is the fallout.

[HiTech RedNeck]

In one sense there is no singular test here, only an escalation of tribulation.

But in another sense yes, this is a new element.

Anyhow, we can sit around and jawbone about how knowledgeable we are about exactly when this trouble hit or that trouble hit...

or we can go to the Help In Time Of Trouble.