People in bad situations often analyze their own actions to see how it could be avoided. This is sometimes a useful thing to do, but sometimes it just supports

People in bad situations often analyze their own actions to see how it could be avoided. This is sometimes a useful thing to do, but sometimes it just supports an illusion of control, which in turn quickly segues into victims blaming themselves. On the bright side, Trump did a lot of damage in 4 years but he didn't totally kill us, or the State Department. He demonstrated to our allies that America is not reliable as a principled partner in protecting liberal values, which has the positive effect of spreading the load, and getting others (notably Germany) more involved in common defense.