Feeling Sorry for the United States

This reminds me of the response a fellow from Sweden gave me, when I asked about his country’s perception of Trump: “We simply feel sorry for you.  Not one of us thought this could ever happen in the United States.”

This, as we all know, is quite a dramatic shift.  Until 2016, at least since the turn of the 20th Century, the U.S. was the envy of the world, especially in regard to its respect for rule of law.  How ironic is that?