At the summit. (Business Insider)

Indignation’s become a cottage industry in America since the election of Donald J. Trump as our 45th president. I’d rather refer to him as our “Big Orange Cheetoh.” That’s probably too much for the Trump Kool-Aid Crowd to bear. But the guy obviously tans, as evidenced by the return of the goggle marks around his eyes. Not to mention, his most recent claim to fame prior to becoming president was that of a reality TV huckster.

None of this is new or revealing. All you really need to know about Trump’s fitness for the presidency can be gleaned from reading Michael Wolff’s book about the Trumpinator, since you won’t dig much deeper than that. And again, if you insist on wearing your ideological blinders (either the left or right versions), you’ll always get the reasons why we’re now ruled by The Donald, wrong.

There is a well-known quote that reads:

Every country has the government it deserves.

This is often wrongly attributed to Alexis De Tocqueville, which isn’t a bad guess. That’s incorrect, however. It was actually uttered by another Frenchman, Joseph de Maistre, author, moralist, and diplomat.

I realize that facts no longer matter. Perhaps this blog can simply become a repository that counters misinformation. It likely doesn’t matter to others, but I prefer accuracy, especially when it comes to history.

In terms of history, we’re at a low ebb. But, our slovenliness has given us our just deserts (or, just desserts), in our most slovenly president, yet.

And does anyone believe shit like this anymore after watching El Cheetoh over the past year? Written by a licensed psychologist and life coach. Sorry, don’t need your coaching!

But back to my main point.

I don’t think the election of Donald J. Trump is an aberration, a blip, or anything but a clear indication that unlike his mantra, “make America great again,” we’re never going to be great, and arguably, we never were. However, we were arguably better than we are right now and we’ll never find our way back to that place.