We have to acknowledge that the political climate in this country is the equivalent to being stranded on an island with an erupting volcano with a bunch of people insisting the eruption is fine, lava isn’t that hot, and if somehow you ignore all the obvious dangers everything will work out in the end. All while watching things burn around you. That is how these first 100 days have felt - like a sinking ship. A stranded space ship. A spiraling submarine. All at the hands of someone who frankly has no idea what he’s doing, who employs soulless advisors who only care about the bottom dollar and of course inflicting as much harm as possible on anyone who doesn’t believe exactly what they believe. This leaves the rest of us in this country trapped in this speeding dumpster fire, careening towards a cliff with no breaks and no way off. It is a MESS.
Luckily, in all of this chaos the onslaught of Space Karen’s aimless musings have subsided, but tariffs have replaced one horror with another. This international plunder that keeps on giving has already plummeted the stock market several times, caused utter confusion amongst businesses and individuals, has finally made people question agent orange’s competence, and has all in all been one of the most disastrous rollouts of “policy” in the history of this country and that is saying something.
This president has managed to make America look utterly ridiculous but of course he insists that he expected this sentiment and that everything is going as “planned.” Ah plans… I remember those. Ideas that were well thought out, explained, written down, and executed in a series of sensible sequences. I miss when the White House had those.
I honestly don’t know how I’m going to last through this presidency or even if this presidency will end at this point. I am literally in denial about how bad things will get if some stability doesn’t enter the chat. I refuse to let myself go down a spiral of what could possibly happen when tariffs go up, wages stay stagnant, and countries become more hostile towards the US as poor decision after poor decision affects global trade, economies, and international relationships. All of this and he’s just deporting people willy nilly. No due process. No process at all. I’m not sure where they’re even getting these names from. I have been arming myself with as much info as possible because if ICE comes anywhere near my building I will be ready. It’s getting harder not to constantly be consumed by the innumerable horrible things this admnistration is doing but I am trying my hardest to intermittently disconnect. Not spend too much time doom scrolling and catastrophizing.
No, instead I’m going to keep thinking about how incredible Sinners was and think about how 100 men would fare against a silver back gorrilla. This is what is keeping me going. Movies, the internet, and randomly texting my friends about a show everyone has seen months ago (yes, I’m still watching the new Daredevil show).
I know I’m not the only one just trying to hold it together and truly it has been something I’m taking solace in. We’re in this together whether we like it or not and it really seems like A LOT of people are NOT LIKING IT. That number is increasing everyday and I also take solace in that.
And with that, I am off to do some more wallowing, some more sulking, but sprinkle some travel in there to stay sane. At least Mohsen Mahdawi is free!!
183 weeks 06 days to go.