There is a never-ending stream of news about Trump and his administration.
This is accompanied by people on one side saying it is a lie, and people on the other side feeling sorry for Trump for being attacked, believing his lies, and approving of his agenda.
All these words about issues large and tiny, and everything in between.
People get tired of hearing about it. They feel powerless or confused (who to believe, unless they are biased - like I am). They have better things to do with their time than stay focused on the big picture. After all, their personal lives likely haven't changed much since Trump took office. And even if their lives have, there isn't much they can do about it.
That's the way it is where I live. There is no faster way to shut down a conversation than to bring up Trump. That includes with those who hate him *and* those who adore him. The pro-Trumpers watch Fox News and drink the Kool-Aid. The anti-Trumpers (the ones who care about the direction in which our country is going), vacillate between despondency and anger.
It is overwhelming. First, the media tends to report every little thing, which is wrong because it loses sight of the big picture in all the jabber. Second, so much is wrong with our country that it is hard to keep track of what the big picture is.
The issues right off the top of my head are the separation of parents and their children at the border, immigration policy, healthcare system, cost of prescription drugs, income inequality, judicial system, racism entertwined through everythingt, LGBT rights, foreign policy in every aspect, poverty, religion, the prison system, gun control, education, women's rights, the political system... and I haven't even covered all of it.
Is it any wonder that the general population is likely overwhelmed and wants to check out? Not to me. It is much easier to just be or or against the current government, and continue on with one's life without examining what has happened to our country over the last 50 years.
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