Donald Trump is the greatest president ever, according to millions of Americans. But millions of others will say he is easily the worst. I’m in the latter camp, and Halitics host Hal Ginsberg, on his YouTube videocast, won’t dispute my opinion. Hal thinks the Democratic Party is much to blame, and I am emphatic that our political system, increasingly dominated by wealthy Americans, has got to change. Both of us see this country’s present and future on a downhill trajectory.

Our president is all about enriching himself and acting like a king. The Gaza and the Ukraine war, economic uncertainty, partisan anger, distrust of our fellow citizens, the breakdown of institutions–Trump appears to only make these problems worse. Political analysts, Hal and I included, seek answers, but solutions seem beyond our grasp.

But we keep trying.