80% of Us Distrust the Government

Noting "the lowest measure of trust in the federal government in the last half century," The American Conservative suggests, "The legacies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama might turn out to have some positive, long-term effects after all" — Distrust and Discontent.

In contrast, "America’s greatest intellectual" resorts to fear-mongering and calls the situation "very similar to late Weimar Germany" noting the "tremendous disillusionment with the parliamentary system" — Noam Chomsky Has ‘Never Seen Anything Like This’.