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Tom Lobel's avatar

I offer no defense of Trump’s election actions because there is no defense. You point out in your article how confidence in government has been shrinking for many decades. From the 60’s to the 80’s it shrunk from 77% to 25%. This shrinkage can hardly be blamed on Trump. For me this begs the question – why has confidence changed so much?

One answer is most definitely the decrease in integrity in the media. There are precious few media sources today that do not need double checking for accuracy. We have also seen a disheartening drop in the quality of elected officials. The university scene is a complete disaster. All in all a bad picture but again Trump is hardly alone in causing this.

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Denis Elo's avatar

What a SAD commentary on the Republican Party!!! Exactly why do they prefer a one party system over a democracy! These misguided souls don't seem to understand what they want, but Trump and the Party of Trump are not the answer...a functioning democracy is!

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