From The future...

Dear Justin,

This is Future You - writing to tell you to not waste your time worrying about USA politics in general & any of the myriad Trump stories in particular. No... I'm not going to tell you how the election in November turns out, nor anything that happens after

All I'm going to tell you is that worrying about it is pointless. You can't do anything about it, no matter how angry a lot of the shit going down makes you. You can't change anyone's mind about any of it, no matter how misguided, indoctrinated or just plain fucked in the head they are

Monument Valley, Arches & Yosemite National Parks & all the other natural wonders of the continent have been there for thousands of years & will still be there once its people have sorted their shit out for themselves & it's safe to go back there without body armour. With a little luck, you'll still be mobile & compos mentis enough to enjoy them

Hell... with a little more luck the orange b@stard will choke on a cheeseburger before November anyway... No, I'm not saying that's what happens, but it's a nice, little optimistic dream you can hold onto in the meantime. Because, as you know, there's no one who can replace him that has the same cultish hold over his mob - not within his family, nor in the Republican Party... & even without death by dietary misadventure, he's not exactly a picture of health & vitality, is he?

So when you see some story, or sycophantic suck-up about him - take a deep breath... & try to think a little more long-term about this

And don't, whatever you do, think about how low the bar has been set for political leadership in that powderkeg of a country & worry about who has the wherewithal to slither under it & take his place