America on the brink of a revolution: A new civil war, fuelled by class, race, and poverty add to the mix another Great Depression and still averaging more than 20,000 new Covid-19 infections every day.

Signs and wonders, the Washington monument hit by lightning yesterday.

In his inaugural address, President Trump claimed, the Bible tells us, “how good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity.” He also promised to bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams. We are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American People. What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people. January 20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. But for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists. Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system, flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of knowledge; and the crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential. This American carnage stops right here and stops right now. Everyone is listening to you now. Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighbourhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves.

Three and a half years later Mr Trump's American dream is in tatters. On that day on January 20th 2017, Mr Trump declared, "This American carnage stops right here and stops right now." The carnage actually started this year with more than 30 million people losing their jobs due to Covid-19 in the first 5 months of the year. At this level, the unemployment rate would be the highest since the Great Depression. A mass extinction event of jobs and small businesses has brought the US economy to its knees. Over 100.000 people have died in the US and while Trump's government are easing lockdown restrictions Covid-19 is alive and well and is infecting more people than ever. Yesterday, more than 130,000 caught the Coronavirus, the biggest single-day number since the pandemic began, 2,000 more than the old record which was just 7 days ago, on the 30th of May, the average daily number of new infections worldwide is around 120,000 with America still averaging more than 20,000 new infections every day. Covid-19 dashboard

President Trump claimed back in January 2017, the Bible tells us, “how good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity.” It is ironically the Bible which has alienated Mr Trump from so many as he has this week. His decision to invoke a military response to nationwide protests against police brutality, symbolized by the move Monday to gas mostly peaceful protesters in a park across from the White House to clear the way for a staged photo outside a church, appears to have been a fateful miscalculation and is clearly an about-turn in his promise of transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to, the American People.

Revolution?

There are many reasons why American people are inching toward a revolution. January 20th 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again, according to Mr Trump, however, he should be careful what he wishes for. The American middle-class, merchants, manufacturers, professionals had gained financial power but in just 5 months that financial power has been snatched from them due to the virus. Those who were socially beneath them have had very few rights and most have become increasingly impoverished. The government is no longer viewed as a stable fare source of power and are invariably out of touch with the American people. African Americans are once again rioting after yet another murder of an innocent black man by racist police officers, who should be serving the people not killing them. The white supremacists have been itching for a revolution for decades and the Antifa and black lives matter movements just might provide them with one. Meanwhile, homelessness, poverty and gang culture continues to expand at alarming rates with drug addictions exploding into its own epidemic.

As Mr Trump mentioned in his inaugural address, "Mothers and children are trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted-out factories are scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system, flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of knowledge; and the crime and gangs and drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential. Everyone is listening to you now (they surely are but for all the wrong reasons). Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighbourhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves, that statement feels a long long way-away at this moment.

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