US Political Discourse, December 2018

BBC:

Nancy Pelosi, who is expected to become Speaker of the House when Democrats take over the chamber next month, mocked Mr Trump at a later meeting with colleagues on Capitol Hill.

„I was trying to be the mom,“ she said, sources told US media. „It goes to show you: you get into a tinkle contest with a skunk, you get tinkle all over you.“

She reportedly added that the president’s insistence on a wall was „a manhood thing“.

How does the US leave this state where major media reports on politicians „mocking“ each other, and American social media is full of individuals posting and reposting the sayings of late night comedians? And if the country is unable to transition out of this, and instead continues the present inability to engage in thoughtful public discussion, does power continue to concentrate with non-state actors?

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