Trump said he was the Savior.
He would make US greater.
Then he made himself the victim.
Pointing to all those others against him.
Identifying the enemy.
And engaging for his Army.
All the while, forcing citizens to take sides.
As the 2020 election shows
He succeeded in building a great divide.
How effective can Biden be as President?
Especially if Republicans re-gain the Senate.
Will they try to limit his ability to govern?
And stifle his accomplishments?
What incentive will McConnell have to cooperate?
He hasn’t been one to play fair and stay straight.
He decides for his and his Party’s power
And did nothing to curb Trump’s dangerous impulses.
We’ve seen this played out before.
And these Republican politicians are again reinforced.
Americans are dissatisfied but did not go for change.
And they are suspect with who they blame.
Part of the Country fear Democrats and their politics.
Erroneously branded as communists and socialist.
The main influence of some people’s frustration.
These bad people, those liberals.
Yet voters on the Left haven’t been on a liberal spree.
Even Obama stayed moderate for his last Supreme Court nominee.
It’s the Republicans that have been bringing Government to a standstill.
And those on the Right may not accept it.
But the rejection has not been of Republican.
It’s a rejection of Trump and what the Republican Party has become.
The effects of the Right have been more salient in our politics.
Look at the re-districting, Supreme Court and other Judicial Picks.
Republicans have been in charge, using unfair means.
They, with Trump narrow for their benefits and greed.
People allow their consumption from social media
To influence their perceptions about personal and political.
Acceptance of what’s incorrect or with exaggerations.
No monitoring or separating fact from fiction.
People underestimate the effects of these influence.
They readily consume misinformation.
People’s “likes” become streamlined
And they stay in their information lanes.
So they are restrained by the same.
And their beliefs are then strengthened.
Before America can unite,
There has to be agreement with what’s right.
Many abandoned norms, rules and values.
And embraced alternative facts, conspiracy theories and untruths.
There has been an outright dismissal of facts.
Even as people make important decisions.
If we can’t agree there are those,
How can we go beyond that?
We can debate policies and opinions.
We can’t discuss perceptions based on lies and misinformation.
No way to reason with the unreasonable.
Stand with the illogical,
And understand the nonsensical.
Trump has manipulated America(ns) way of thinking.
He’s tainted what people believe in.
He also sowed much mistrust and doubt
Among Americans and American systems.
Some believe America is broke just because Trump said so.
But he’s been the one breaking them
By what he’s said, done and how he’s governed.
America has taken some hard blows
How will we heal those wounds?
The more citizens stand with perceptions and politics
And less with values and humane gives.
More divisions will be sewn.
Then chances to unite again will be thrown.
And if the politicians don’t promote togetherness.
It will solidify animosity among citizens.
If division continues to be a political aim
And partisan remains the name of the game.
If there is no encouragement or incentive for change,
Unity won’t come to be
And a divided America is what we will continue to see.
Yes, efforts should come from the entire Government.
But there is a lot of responsibility from US, the Citizens.
No the Left isn’t perfect, neither is the Right.
And moderate should lead to more being satisfied.
For that, there must be compromise.
And the extreme to one sided politics that has been in place for years.
Has to stop for America to change gears.
If we can’t agree that Trump should be an anomaly.
That We the People and Politicians should side with fairness and decency.
If there is rejection of values, norms and rules.
If to human rights and democracy we don’t stay true.
If people reject facts and embrace fiction.
And they stay in their lanes of belief and misinformation.
Then there is no hope for America’s unification.
We can’t stay divided on those
And have hopes to be united as a Nation.