Let’s do our own little state of the union summary:

• The unemployment rate is up.
• Inflation is up.
• The stock market is down.
• Energy prices, particularly gasoline, are up. Very soon to be way, way up.
• US farmers are having the worst year in decades.
• Generative AI is about to replace millions of jobs.
• The US budget deficit is at an all-time high, and with Convict Donny’s tax cuts it’s growing fast.
• We’re spending a billion dollars a day in a useless, meaningless war against Iran.
• The US is engaged in military operations (wars, if we’re talking plainly) in eight countries. The DoD can’t spend all the money it has been given.
• US tourism spending is down, way down, because visitors from other countries are learning that the US is a dangerous place for foreigners.
• Measles is making a big comeback in America due to the idiots we have in charge of health policy.
• The idiots in charge of US fiscal policy are trying their best to kill all investments in green energy, striking a blow against the environment and the US economy – two birds with one stone.

Aside from all that, everything’s great. We’re only a year into Trump’s second term and the destruction is mind boggling. At least Kristi Noem got fired – we have to take the small wins when we can.