The most eye-popping figure in the latest Fox News poll is that 56 percent of those surveyed say President Trump is tearing the country apart.


Another 33 percent say he is drawing the country together.

Not surprisingly, there’s a dramatic partisan split in those numbers: Some 68 percent of Republicans say the president is drawing the country together, while 93 percent of Democrats (and 59 percent of independents) say he is tearing the country apart.

But I want to pose a deeper question: Is this entirely Trump’s fault, or is it also…ours?

Let’s look at recent history. Barack Obama campaigned on changing the tone in Washington, and many supporters thought his election would usher in a new era of racial healing. He failed on both counts.

George W. Bush explicitly ran as “a uniter, not a divider.” But after Iraq and Katrina, he was viewed as a very divisive president.


Bill Clinton promoted the notion of “third way” policies that rejected “the brain-dead politics of both parties.” He wound up getting impeached on a largely party-line vote.

So if four straight presidents have found themselves at the center of a hyperpartisan divide, maybe it’s not entirely their fault.

Both parties, aided by gerrymandered districts, have moved further to the right and left, shrinking the number of moderates in Congress.

The media have become increasingly partisan, as some outlets largely or completely cater to those who agree with their politics.

Social media have become more polarized as well, as millions of people engage in shouting matches or unfriend each other.

And the rise of independent advocacy groups, liberated by the Supreme Court, is fueled by a fundraising machine that often demonizes the other side.

Now a case can be made that Trump, especially in recent weeks, has played to his base, the 36 to 40 percent that seem to support him no matter what. He has pushed a transgender ban for the military, ended Obama-era equal pay monitoring, threatened a government shutdown over his border wall, pardoned ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio, and is considering ending the Dreamers program after a six-month delay.

Then again, it’s no accident that Obama embraced gay marriage and said he would stop deporting the dreamers--younger illegal immigrants brought here by their parents—when he was running for reelection in 2012.

It’s easy for Trump’s detractors to work themselves into a frenzy over the notion that he is a uniquely polarizing president. But this has been going on in one form or another for two decades.

Film at 11.... 🤔



Seems to be style of the times...😟

we coulda fixed it, William.

Ya.. nice thought but some people thrive on decisiveness... 😟

I coulda been a contender.

Only because Trump is not kissing the left's butt.

I think this more of a byproduct of the two party system and PACs than any one president. 🌫

I blame the Resistance..!! 😠



I mean cause, that's what they're all about right..?? 😕

potus and congress has divided the people for years while they have all slowly gravitated together

rally the base then promptly do nothing

I need some HOT... Middle aged FRENCH SPEAKING GASH....and a fresh baget...
then a good nap.

Mr. Jones sure likes Antonio Banderas

Why did Trump get elected in the first place?

Obama's 2 terms:

1. U.S. sovereign debt downgrade: first in American history (from AAA to AA)
2. Federal spending (25% of GDP): highest since WWII
3. Budget deficit (10% of GDP): highest since WWII
4. Federal debt (67% of GDP): highest since just after WWII
5. Employment (58.1% of population working: lowest since 1983
6. Long-term unemployment (45.9% of total: highest since 1930s)
7. Home ownership rate (59.7%): lowest since 1965
8. Percentage of taxpayers paying income tax (49%): lowest in modern era
9. Government dependency (47%), defined as the percentage of persons receiving one or more federal benefit payments: highest in American history
10. Median income down $3700 during Obama administration.

(Sources: Standard and Poor's, Office of Management & Budget, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Morgan Stanley, Joint Committee on Taxation, and the U.S. Census).

^ but health insurance went down $2500 a year and we got to keep our doctors

I meant us guys. we coulda fixed it.

I blame the democrats and their usual suspects (KKK, neo-nazis, antifa,BLM, CNN) for the current state of divisiveness in this country. They're all in lock-step paid for by globalist interests who want to usurp the sovereignity of the US and relegate it to third world status.

Be careful what you ask for! A united parliament of whores (Congress) would pass more oppressive legislation, increase the size of government and increase our already oppressive tax burden.

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Or do the opposite... 😟

the sky is falling...we might as well start throwing dirt on this old heap, huh...

No.. tomorrow is a new day... Maybe then we can call out the true dividers and give them a good beating.. 😟

No way man...I'm all for non-violent speech and behavior...

Sounds nice.. maybe just some barefoot wrestling... 😟