The United States has reverted to its favorite pastime of hating other country’s politicians, especially those who can’t find it in themselves to wear a suit in the Oval Office. Do we expect Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to say, “I’m sorry I’m not wearing a suit in the White House. I’ve been on the front lines in Ukraine watching my people die and starve for the past couple of years, but I’ll make sure to dress in costume next time?” No.
It’s been 65 days since President Donald Trump’s inauguration kicked off his second term, and it seems that not everyone in the United States was prepared, since his approval ratings have fallen from +6.2% Jan. 27 to -0.9% as of March 21. The list of what he’s done thus far is exhaustive: renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, terminating DEI in the federal government, working to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development and, more infamously, humiliating Ukraine’s president in the Oval Office.
There are more questions hanging in the air about what President Trump has promised to accomplish, involving the closure of the Department of Education that will affect college students and students who struggle with disability, as well as deportation of undocumented immigrants. The future holds uncertainty for the United States as we find ourselves becoming increasingly more isolated from our allies and each other. The divide between liberals and conservatives is at a breaking point. As we’re more than halfway through the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, when will Americans begin pushing back against the direction of the country?