What comes after Trump?

Living under the Trumpster 2.0, I have to think we are living under a political disaster that is tragic as so many levels, in because it was completely preventable. It is an out of control wildfire that is going to burn everything in it’s path and while some brave firefighters, namely the courts and blue state politicians will try to limit the carnage, it’s going to burn over much of America in coming years.

But I’m not convinced that it’s a complete disaster. Yes, many will get burned and even die – and institutions will be lost – the truth is much like the suburban hoarders’ house maybe the wildfire burning it over wasn’t the worse thing ever. Trump isn’t wrong about the American carnage, so many institutions are broken as the planet cooks, racism and unfairness to colored and poor is the norm. Too much of liberalism was worn on it’s sleeves, many feel good policies but not a lot concrete action to address America’s serious problems of poverty, inequity, racism or pollution.

Some of the greenest grasses and prettiest wildflowers reappear after the landscape is burned over. It certainly gives society a chance to reimagine itself as we head into the 2030s. What comes after the severely charred federal government under Trump? We can’t simply go back, the old ways of doing things were in many cases bad and failing the American people. Some things will revert back, some of Trump’s policies will stick around, and some new things will have to be recreated out of the ashes.

I don’t know what America will look like in 2030s. But it will be different and hopefully better as we rebuild our country and government after four years of destruction. Yet, much like a wildfire, it opens up a blank slate – new agencies to be created, new people to hire, new ways of doing things. It is important we all be thinking and communicating with our next generation of leaders how we want America to look as we rebuild from the Trump years, heading into the 2030s.