Thanks to the influence of the right wing press and in particular Fox News along with politicians who lie, the general mood about the country during this last election was negative. Many people blamed rising prices for the poor showing of the Democrats, however, the general state of America has never been better. According to the historian, Heather Richardson, "No U.S. troops are fighting in foreign wars, murders have plummeted, deaths from drug overdoses have dropped, undocumented immigration is below where it was when Trump left office, stocks have just had their best two years since the last century. The economy is growing, real wages are rising, inflation has fallen to close to its normal range, unemployment is at near-historic lows, and energy production is at historic highs. The economy has added more than 700,000 manufacturing jobs among the 16 million total created since 2020." Trump's view? "Our Country is a disaster, a laughing stock all over the World!" Americans have entrusted their country to a lying ignoramus who will make America into a laughing stock, as he did before and is well on his way to making us into the laughing stock so that he can make himself right. And he has plenty of support.