Ancient Athenian comic playwright Aristophanes made a good point here, and it would be easy to ascribe this as an explanation of the support of Donald Trump.
Giving the matter a little thought, however, we see that Americans’ IQs haven’t fallen over the last 10 years. The answer must be found elsewhere.
My theory is that hate and stupidity have the capacity to lie dormant over vast expanses of time, only to be awakened by some external circumstance. Here we have 70 million people who were very quiet, until Trump arrived and gave them permission to express their feelings of White supremacy, xenophobia, homophobia, misogyny, the rejection of science, etc.
Can we put the evil genie back in the bottle? We’ve find out.
At left we see an example of how the rest of the world views Trump and the United States of 2026.
A blend of pity, contempt, and ridicule.
The Rest of the World Can Scarcely Believe How Far the U.S. Has Fallen
Renewable Energy
From the New York Times: Trump Administration Pushes Narrative of Christian Founding at Rally
At the top of the news is the Trump’s administration’s day-long prayer event featured speakers from President Trump’s cabinet and a program that drew connections between the nation’s founding and Christianity.
However, as shown below, there is in fact no such connection.
https://www.2greenenergy.com/2026/05/18/christian-founding/
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