Trump years

The Trump years produced many changes, a couple of which are worth noting. First the animosity between Trump and the press has led the already liberal press to move further to the left and this gives power to the far left activist. In the process they helped to promote ideas such as defund the police, sanctuary cities where local governments refused to cooperate with federal authorities in rounding up illegal, open borders, modern monetary theory and critical race theory. According to polls Trump coverage by the main stream press was over 90% negative. Second the move toward insulting voters with whom they disagree with. There are many examples led by Clinton's portrayal of basket full of deplorables and the general press use of the word cult. Trump supporters were commonly referred to as racist, homophobic, xenophobic, sexist and Islamaphobic. Instead of disagreeing based on political ideas the arguments descended into name calling. Even as Trump leaves the public stage the name calling continues and has become a part of our political discourse and the latest development is the claim that America is a systemically racist country led by white supremacist who want to bring back Jim Crow. This has been promoted by the press to the point where many people believe it and are OK with Olympic champions denouncing the country they represent. Tearing down statues and renaming buildings are common place as is disrespecting the flag and the anthem. There is a strong undercurrent of anti Americanism in many parts of the country and it persist even as Trump leaves the scene.