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Yes, America, this is really who we are. Vote if you want to change it

Despite the corruption and debasement of the Trump years, this election offers a fresh start

Published September 18, 2026 9:00AM (EDT)

“This is not who we are.”

After every recent political tragedy, from shooting American citizens to killing Iranian schoolchildren, someone always says that: Somehow, it’s not who we really are.

Seriously? The people running the world today are the people — mostly guys, let’s be real — who couldn’t get a prom date and probably had embarrassing potty-training accidents that haunt them to this day. Don’t overanalyze it. 

Look at anyone who holds high elected office. Does it fit or not? 

Thus, the most devastating blow to the American ego in 2026 is the realization that if you saw the Trump administration as a movie of the week, you’d have the plot twists figured out before the first commercial break. Reality is a different story. Some still don’t get it.

A clergyman I met at Reagan National Airport recently told me that our world is as filled with corruption as a Latin American animal shelter is filled with fleas. I don’t know where he came up with that analogy, but who am I to argue?

Our president told us this past week that the war in Iran wouldn’t be over until after the midterms. Of course, he’s told us on multiple occasions that the war is already over. Or that it isn’t a war at all. It’s an........

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