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[00:01:02] This is "Clear Politics" on air. Sociologists from Gallup record that Americans are extremely
[00:01:06] dissatisfied with the government, the level of trust in key institutions has been rapidly
[00:01:09] falling in recent years, based on the latest polls, it has dropped
[00:01:13] to the very
[00:01:14] bottom.
[00:01:19] America celebrated its 250th anniversary, but millions
[00:01:21] of Americans see no reason for joy, writes Zakhil. Congress is hated,
[00:01:25] the Supreme Court is not trusted, presidents are not favored, Americans
[00:01:29] no longer pride themselves on their country, there are totally low
[00:01:32] ratings everywhere, why is society losing faith in America and where is the roof
[00:01:36] of the brave home leaking, from us only facts, conclusions
[00:01:40] are yours to make.
[00:02:32] This summer, several eloquent polls were published in the US, all of them
[00:02:36] showing a record level of pessimism among
[00:02:39] the population. The country, which for decades was called
[00:02:42] an example of stable democracy, today does not trust
[00:02:45] itself, and this, of course, is not a bolt from the blue,
[00:02:49] but a very specific
[00:02:49] diagnosis.
[00:03:02] In the US itself, the situation is called, in Hollywood fashion, a crisis
[00:03:05] of democracy. Firstly, Americans no longer believe in what seemed to be sacred,
[00:03:09] the American dream, and do not feel pride in their
[00:03:12] nation. At the end of June, the Gallup Institute published
[00:03:16] the results of a poll which showed that only 33% of US
[00:03:19] residents feel extreme pride in their belonging to
[00:03:23] the American nation. According to sociologists, this is the lowest
[00:03:26] indicator in 25 years of such observations. Before
[00:03:30] this, the Reuters agency conducted similar research and reported
[00:03:34] on its findings that 70% of US residents
[00:03:36] no longer consider their country the greatest on Earth.
[00:03:39] 64% of respondents are convinced that American democracy
[00:03:43] is in danger, 38% do not believe
[00:03:47] that the states will last another 250 years as a unified
[00:03:50] state. In September of last year, The Wall Street Journal
[00:03:54] shocked: 70% of the state's population consider the American
[00:03:57] dream an irrelevant narrative. And do not believe that
[00:04:00] hard work can lead to its fulfillment. It seems that no one has
[00:04:04] ever treated the main American pillar this way. Moreover,
[00:04:08] young people, instead of dreaming, are increasingly dreaming of emigration.
[00:04:11] Youth pessimism is associated with the fact that gerontocracy has taken root
[00:04:15] in the US government, which does not want to change anything and wishes to eternally
[00:04:19] maintain the current status quo. The current US
[00:04:22] in this sense has a certain similarity to the late USSR before its
[00:04:26] collapse. In the Union, at its decline, there was an epidemic of alcoholism in the state.
[00:04:30] Now there is an epidemic of drug addiction, from which more than 100,000
[00:04:33] Americans die annually, as in the late USSR, elites
[00:04:37] are fixated on foreign policy at the expense of internal problems.
[00:04:40] The US, of course, does not fully copy the Soviet Union, but all these
[00:04:44] factors in the long term will negatively
[00:04:47] affect the development of this country. Secondly,
[00:04:50] Americans are seriously disappointed with the entire structure of power. Alarming figures
[00:04:54] from transatlantic sentiments were heard last year. Then the level of trust
[00:04:57] of Americans in the government became the worst in 50
[00:05:00] years, especially the situation has changed dramatically over
[00:05:04] the last 20 years, a corresponding study
[00:05:07] was conducted by the Gallup company between September 2nd and 16th,
[00:05:11] analysts compared the level of trust of Americans in the government in
[00:05:14] 1970 and 2020. Only
[00:05:18] 38% of survey participants trust the federal
[00:05:21] government on domestic policy issues. 32%
[00:05:25] of respondents trust legislators, Americans also
[00:05:28] began to trust politicians less, since the 1970s
[00:05:31] the indicator decreased by 23%. More
[00:05:34] skepticism among the population appeared towards news
[00:05:37] media. Over half a century, the average level of trust fell by
[00:05:40] 36%. Such surveys, which measure
[00:05:44] Americans' attitudes towards key institutions, have been conducted by the Gallup Institute
[00:05:47] since 2006.
[00:05:51] study, the US shared first place with Great Britain in
[00:05:55] the G7 ranking. In 2023,
[00:05:58] Americans' attitudes changed so much that their country
[00:06:02] took the last place, writes The
[00:06:05] Economist.
[00:06:10] Fresh data this year shows that it has not
[00:06:13] become easier for Americans to believe and trust the state; they trust
[00:06:16] it even less. In the first alternative rating, Congress is trusted by only
[00:06:20] 9%, and it seems both camps hate it, both
[00:06:23] Democrats and Republicans. Historically,
[00:06:26] the country's bureaucracy and legal system served as soft
[00:06:30] walls, restraining collective delusions. However, those times
[00:06:34] are long gone. Today, Congress's approval rating has fallen below
[00:06:38] the plinth, and in terms of respect, legislators have become equal to
[00:06:41] lice and
[00:06:42] so wrapped in legal wording used cars. Laws are no longer
[00:06:45] developed to help citizens, they are written by donors for donors,
[00:06:52] tightly that they work like malicious software code,
[00:06:55] created specifically to hide loopholes from the public
[00:06:58] for corporate enrichment. Congress, again,
[00:07:02] especially in recent decades, in recent years, in addition
[00:07:06] to everything else, has turned not just into
[00:07:09] this field of clarification.
[00:07:42] activities, the institution of the presidency is also not spoiled by the love
[00:07:46] of society, the trust indicator is only 27%, which is even lower than
[00:07:49] Trump's ratings, which fluctuate within 30-40%.
[00:07:52] It is noteworthy that the most modest figures are for
[00:07:56] institutions that pass laws and ensure
[00:07:59] their execution. All American media are now criticizing
[00:08:02] President Donald Trump as almost the main betrayer of national
[00:08:06] interests. They write that the war with Iran started incorrectly, not
[00:08:10] as it should have. And how can one be proud of their country when
[00:08:13] their own people speak of it exclusively in negative
[00:08:16] tones. In fact, American citizens do not have many reasons for
[00:08:19] pride now, or they are critically few.
[00:08:23] Such a fall of the house of democracy has several
[00:08:26] reasons: political paralysis. Americans were promised
[00:08:30] for years to solve problems of healthcare, migration,
[00:08:33] national debt, and crime, but Washington repeatedly
[00:08:36] proved unable to make sustainable decisions.
[00:08:40] Second, the division of society into two incompatible worldviews.
[00:08:43] For one America, the main threat is authoritarianism
[00:08:47] and restriction of rights, for the other, open borders,
[00:08:51] crime, and rising prices. The political
[00:08:54] leadership also does not inspire much hope. Over the years, the White House increasingly
[00:08:57] resembles not the center of the free world, but rather
[00:09:01] a nursing home whose inhabitants have started a high-stakes
[00:09:04] game. We saw how President Joe Biden throughout his
[00:09:08] presidency wandered with the lost look of a man who forgot
[00:09:12] why he went to the kitchen. He exuded about as much power as
[00:09:16] a melting ice cream cone. Then came
[00:09:19] the second season of President Trump, which many did not even ask for.
[00:09:22] He turned the Oval Office into a family business and began
[00:09:26] to govern the country with tweets written in caps. Trump
[00:09:29] promised to keep America out of new wars, but he himself approved
[00:09:32] military action against Iran, dragging the country into another
[00:09:36] costly Middle East conflict. Viewers are beginning to understand that
[00:09:39] the pilots are fighting more for the steering wheel than
[00:10:12] that they cover events in favor of certain political parties and
[00:10:16] leaders. Publications such as CNN, The New York Times, and the Washington
[00:10:20] Post are considered platforms for the Democratic Party. Finding
[00:10:23] positive information in them.
[00:10:30] so-called conservative views. In conditions of information warfare,
[00:10:33] sides use the dirtiest methods against each other. Seeing all
[00:10:37] this bacchanalia, the average American virtually stopped trusting
[00:10:40] traditional mainstream media. Only 14%
[00:10:44] trust television. Media have turned into partisan
[00:10:47] camps. Democratic voters watch some channels, Republicans
[00:10:51] others. And the same event receives two opposite
[00:10:56] views. And while Fox News tells how Trump heroically defeats Iran,
[00:10:59] hosts of popular evening shows in the US make him, excuse me,
[00:11:03] an idiot.
[00:11:07] Only a miracle can save Trump, no one trusts him, his numbers
[00:11:10] are going to hell. Let's help him, he wants to save
[00:11:14] Spirit Airlines by spending half a billion
[00:11:17] dollars on the company, but it, like Trump, can no longer be saved. Let's spend
[00:11:21] money just to make him disappear. I flew.
[00:11:25] "I lived during Trump's term, neither can be saved."
[00:11:29] One-sided coverage, bias, publication of fakes and unverified
[00:11:32] data, the audience is tired of lies and
[00:11:35] manipulations. Now the press in America is about
[00:11:38] supporting lies, it's all about money, you can't fix
[00:11:42] CNN, you can't fix Fox News or NBC, CBS, and so
[00:11:46] on. CNN today has completely lost the trust of the American people,
[00:11:50] we once had the coolest journalists, my friend, Seymour
[00:11:53] Hersh, famous throughout the world as an investigative
[00:11:57] journalist, today all mainstream media reject him, they don't want the truth, that is,
[00:12:01] corporate interests have seized the mass media.
[00:12:05] Now, I think, a unique dynamic has formed: over the past
[00:12:08] five years, they have told so many lies that are easy
[00:12:11] to expose, that they simply undermined the trust of the
[00:12:14] American people in themselves, and I am glad about that, because it allows us
[00:12:18] to reason more rationally and independently and to better understand
[00:12:22] the world. I think that, in general, this is what undermines.
[00:12:34] it's impossible, it brings no benefit to the media themselves, so I don't understand
[00:12:37] why they continue to act this way when people already don't
[00:12:41] trust them. Perhaps they should at least sometimes stick to the truth, but they
[00:12:45] seem completely uninterested in that, perhaps
[00:12:48] because propaganda has always worked,
[00:12:52] and helped guide people in the right direction.
[00:12:59] The split in America runs not only through party headquarters and television
[00:13:02] channels, it runs through families, cities, and entire states, the cause
[00:13:06] of which is illegal
[00:13:07] migrants.
[00:13:12] For Republicans, the southern border has become a symbol of the state losing
[00:13:16] control; for Democrats, tough deportation policy is a threat to human
[00:13:20] rights. Another split in the nation is
[00:13:22] abortions.
[00:13:25] the US system has created
[00:13:27] an absolutely unstable, explosive
[00:13:31] construct, where indeed the split goes not only by
[00:13:34] states, but it goes not only by
[00:13:37] political parties, it goes by families, and
[00:13:40] by brothers, by citizens of the same
[00:13:44] city, and if this is not stopped,
[00:13:47] and if politicians do not realize that the exploitation of such
[00:13:51] dangerous social instruments
[00:13:53] will lead to a global catastrophe, and it will be
[00:13:57] a truly bloody massacre, as they love to show in Hollywood
[00:14:00] films, then I have the worst
[00:14:04] news for them, it will all end exactly
[00:14:07] as they film about themselves on
[00:14:11] big screens. And the economy, prices are rising, fuel is becoming more expensive due to the war with Iran,
[00:14:15] and this is against the backdrop of rumors of pure chaos in the White
[00:14:18] House. The war not only consumes Trump's presidency, but
[00:14:22] also affects the president himself. During a recent
[00:14:25] meeting in the Oval Office, he lashed out at Iranian
[00:14:29] leaders, calling them scumbags and lunatics in an uncensored
[00:14:32] tirade. Concerns are growing about his physical health and
[00:14:36] mental stability. Donald's condition is deteriorating
[00:14:39] before our eyes," a close confidant who regularly sees him
[00:14:43] told me this week in Washington. "His physical and
[00:14:46] mental health is declining. Those around him
[00:14:49] don't know what to do about it. The situation can only get worse. He's 80
[00:14:53] years old, and it shows. But it's not just about age or declining
[00:14:56] cognitive abilities that can affect those entering their
[00:15:00] ninth decade. Trump lashes out at everyone
[00:15:03] and everything, expressing disappointment at the lack of any worthy
[00:15:07] options currently facing him. Agree, not
[00:15:11] the best characteristic for a man with his finger on the nuclear button.
[00:15:14] It seems that Trump, who tried to bend the changing world, ultimately
[00:15:18] bent himself. 70% of Americans consider
[00:15:22] the campaign against Iran mistaken, so.
[00:16:07] it is a consequence not only of his cabinet, it is to the same extent
[00:16:11] a consequence of this polarization,
[00:16:14] yes, in American society.
[00:16:17] Now seeing that this
[00:16:20] invasion, this aggression, it, well, did not become such
[00:16:24] a blitzkrieg, that it does not
[00:16:27] hit Iran as hard as initially desired,
[00:16:31] many, of course, are changing their
[00:16:32] minds.
[00:16:37] But the worst will happen if, as a result of the congressional elections, the losing side
[00:16:41] refuses to accept the results. Trump has hinted at this softly
[00:16:44] repeatedly, and even tried to cancel the elections, but it did
[00:16:48] not work. In the Trump administration, the sense
[00:16:51] of risk of an unfavorable outcome of the vote is increasing, which prompts
[00:16:55] preparations for worse scenarios, including intensified investigations
[00:16:59] and hearing summonses in the event of a transfer of control over Congress to
[00:17:03] Democrats, the publication states. White House lawyers
[00:17:06] conduct closed sessions for political appointees,
[00:17:09] explaining the procedure for congressional oversight and
[00:17:12] recommendations for interaction with legislators. During meetings,
[00:17:15] which, according to insiders, last about 30 minutes, employees are
[00:17:19] explained how to properly respond to congressional inquiries and what
[00:17:23] precautions to observe when conducting
[00:17:25] correspondence. So paranoia is not just about communism, and
[00:17:29] such tectonic shifts at the top have affected ordinary people,
[00:17:32] they stopped believing the authorities, stopped being proud of the country, stopped watching
[00:17:36] television, and these figures for the US are much more painful than the national debt
[00:17:40] of 40 trillion dollars, which, by the way, grows by about
[00:17:43] 25 billion dollars per day. In such a state,
[00:17:46] the US celebrated its 250th anniversary.
[00:17:50] The crisis of institutions will manifest itself in full glory during the upcoming
[00:17:53] elections. The losing party will obviously not recognize their
[00:17:57] legitimacy. Republicans will blame Democrats for postal
[00:18:00] fraud and collusion with foreign lobbyists who do not
[00:18:04] like Trump's policies. So in 2027.
[00:18:16] This is the most alarming trend in American reality: Democrats support some, Republicans others,
[00:18:19] individual states live their own lives and sometimes do not listen to the White House,
[00:18:23] the nation is divided, internal contradictions only increase,
[00:18:27] political scientists are increasingly asking the question: will the state
[00:18:30] collapse? Trump is taking a number of radical
[00:18:34] measures on issues that concern citizens, migration, the economy,
[00:18:37] electoral law, and a number of states are
[00:18:40] opposing this. The legal systems of individual states are in
[00:18:44] a tough clinch with Trump's federal initiatives. And at a certain
[00:18:48] moment, Trump introduces federal law enforcement agencies like the
[00:18:51] National Guard into these states. This is indeed one of the prerequisites for the collapse
[00:18:55] of the state, but without some radical changes, this process
[00:18:58] will continue for another 20-30 years. The level of mutual
[00:19:02] hatred is off the charts. 77% of survey
[00:19:05] participants are confident that in the next 5 years, political violence in
[00:19:09] the country will become the norm. American hegemony has given up the ghost amidst
[00:19:13] internal strife that can no longer
[00:19:16] be ignored. The political system of the states is compared to
[00:19:19] a jammed mechanism, where each part tries to crush
[00:19:22] the neighboring one, forgetting during the eternal political rally
[00:19:26] about ordinary people. The tragedy is that
[00:19:29] the overwhelming majority of Americans are still surprisingly decent
[00:19:33] people who just want to pay their bills, have a beer,
[00:19:36] and be left alone, but they are stuck in a frozen virtual
[00:19:40] reality created to unleash their worst
[00:19:43] impulses. America suffers not so much from a lack of worthy
[00:19:47] citizens as from a structural failure of institutions designed
[00:19:51] to serve them. Millions of people see no reason to celebrate
[00:19:54] the 250th anniversary. By scolding them for a lack
[00:19:57] of patriotism, we miss the point. In reality, it is
[00:20:01] just the mortal fatigue of an impoverished, broken
[00:20:04] population that is tired of hearing that they are healthy
[00:20:08] when they see with their own eyes on the screen how a heartbeat
[00:20:12] turns into a straight line, foreshadowing imminent
[00:20:15] death. A very specific summary of public sentiment, as
[00:20:18] they say, from within. It is quite symptomatic that the upcoming
[00:20:22] electoral race for seats in Congress is becoming the most expensive in history.
[00:20:25] For advertising alone, both parties plan to spend
[00:20:29] 12 billion dollars. Apparently, the trust
[00:20:32] of the population will have to
[00:20:33] be bought.
[00:20:38] The US still possesses the strongest army, the most powerful economy, and
[00:20:42] incredible technical potential, but all this will melt like tears in
[00:20:45] the rain if a big explosion occurs inside, which is possible not in
[00:20:49] theory, but already this coming November in the elections. Such low ratings
[00:20:53] of trust in the government are not even statistics, but a warning:
[00:20:56] political winter for the states may be