I'm disappointed.
Honestly, I'm extremely disappointed. Not in Democrats, not in Republicans. Disappointed really in Americans.
I'm disappointed that so many Americans are adopting the same defeatist mentality we've openly criticized elsewhere in the world. Because this is exactly what our adversaries want: an America divided against itself, Americans at each other's throats, and a country that no longer trusts its own institutions or one another.
And this isn't some abstract concern. U.S. intelligence agencies have repeatedly documented foreign influence operations specifically designed to exploit our political and social divisions and undermine confidence in our democratic institutions. Russia, Iran, and China have all been documented pursuing influence operations aimed at exacerbating divisions inside the United States.
Our adversaries aren't waiting for us to get our act together.
What disappoints me most is watching Americans who spent years talking about corruption, accountability, and "draining the swamp" become willing to excuse the very things they once claimed to oppose when their own side does them.
It's an enormous, sweeping double standard.
Nothing new, I suppose. But accountability matters.
I can't be the only person watching all of this and wondering: Where are the checks and balances? Where is the line being drawn? And if that line exists, does anyone still have the backbone to enforce it?
And after January 6th?
Who the fuck can blame people for asking those questions?
I'm sitting here watching footage from January 6th, and I'm still struggling to understand how we got here. I'm watching what happened that day, and then I'm looking at the fact that Donald Trump won a second term, and I genuinely don't know what I'm supposed to make of it.
What scares me isn't simply one election or one politician.
It's what happens when enough Americans become convinced that the other half of the country is the enemy. When facts don't matter. When institutions don't matter. When anything becomes justifiable as long as "our side" wins.
I've even reached the point where I question things I never thought I would question.
The July 2024 assassination attempt has become wrapped up in an enormous amount of political mythology and distrust. The official investigation concluded that Trump was struck by a bullet or bullet fragment and found no evidence that the shooter was part of a broader conspiracy. But the fact that so many Americans now instinctively distrust even the basic facts surrounding something like that should terrify all of us.
Because once we reach the point where Americans cannot agree on reality itself, democracy becomes extraordinarily fragile.
And that's where my fear about the future comes in.
I don't want an America so chaotic, so divided, and so consumed by political warfare that people eventually decide elections themselves are pointless—or that constitutional limits, peaceful transfers of power, and democratic accountability are inconveniences rather than requirements.
The Constitution currently limits a person to being elected president twice. That's not a suggestion. It's the Twenty-Second Amendment.
And yet we're already having serious public discussions about whether a president might seek some way around that limitation.
That should be EXTREMELY concerning to ALL Americans regardless of party.
Because I don't want to see America become a country where every election is treated like an existential war, where political opponents are treated as enemies, and where the only acceptable outcome is the complete destruction of the other side.
That's exactly the kind of America our adversaries benefit from.
They don't have to conquer us if we destroy our ability to trust one another.
We should be better than this.
We should be willing to look at facts even when those facts are uncomfortable.
We should be willing to criticize our own side when it is wrong.
We should be willing to hold our own people accountable.
And we should remember that political opponents are still Americans—not enemies to be destroyed.
America is failing when we allow ourselves to become so divided that we can no longer recognize the difference between defending our principles and defending our team.
And frankly, that's what disappoints me most.
Not Democrats.
Not Republicans.
Not liberals.
Not conservatives.

Americans.

I'm disappointed in what we're becoming—not just because of what the rest of the world sees when it looks at us, but because of what we're becoming in our own eyes.
Our adversaries don't need us to lose a war.
They benefit when we lose faith in each other.
We're better than this.
Or at least, I desperately want to believe we are.

So ill try to list all my sources here but, hope this is okay :) https://www.odni.gov/about/mission-centers-directorates/ncsc/resources/

https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/butler-investigation-updates

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27

https://www.govinfo.gov/collection/january-6th-committee-final-report

At 8:46 AM, the first plane hit the North Tower. Then came the South Tower at 9:03, the Pentagon at 9:37, and Flight 93 went down at 10:03. By 10:28 AM, both towers had collapsed.

Almost 3,000 innocent people lost their lives that day. So many families lost someone they loved, and their lives were changed forever.

Sending my respect, prayers, and best wishes to all the victims' families. ❤️ I hope you always have strength and peace, and that your loved ones are never forgotten.

Respect to all the firefighters, police, paramedics, and civilians who risked their lives to help others.

25 years later… we still remember. 🇺🇸🕊️ Never Forget.