Its fine.

Back in 2016, after the reality-smashing election of Donald Trump, America officially entered its house on fire GIF stage, and while the presidents have changed, the potential of everything turning to ash has not.

If Trump was the arsonist, setting all ablaze, then President Joe Biden should have been the firefighter. Instead, he has become the meme the cartoon character who sits, engulfed in flames, seemingly blissfully in denial that the ceiling is about to cave in on him.

This isnt so much about Biden being an octogenarian. Well, it kind of is, but its not like Trump is any kind of spring chicken either. So our options in 2024 will likely still be one old white man with one foot in the grave versus another old white man with one foot in the grave and the other foot squarely in federal court, with a potential prison sentence looming over his head.

Such great choices.

My concern is more about whether Biden has the ability to give this his all, whatever all there is that may be left. With nothing assured and a solid 33% of America convinced Trump is being persecuted for um *checks notes* fomenting a coup, Biden is going to have to do something drastic to ensure a second term. Hes going to have to re-find Osama bin Laden, or perhaps collect all the money given to Ukraine and apply it to end student loan debt. Maybe his administration could repair the ozone layer or solve The Curious Case of Natalia Grace but unless he gets a signature game-changing, earth-shattering win, I dont think not being Trump will be enough to ensure him another four years in office.

So far, and its only July, the Supreme Court which has turned out to be the real domestic threat to Americas freedoms is doing its best to set the clock back to colored lunch counters and whites-only water fountains. The highest court in the land has effectively ended affirmative action, a womens right to choose, and student loan relief, while creating a scenario where the LGBTQ+ community could face no shirts, no shoes, no gays signs in storefronts. And all of this started during the hellfire that was the Trump administration, or what I like to call the moment that the flux capacitor stopped working and we got stuck in a weird version of America that was nonsensical and unfamiliar. It was this Trump moment that solidified it: