There's no coming back for America in terms of political cohesion ever again

Political parties have always fought, often times very bitterly, throughout all of US history.

But in times of national crisis those political squabbles were always seen as trivial and put on the back burner as Americans united to tackle it. That's exactly what you would expect in a functional country. The only time this didn't happen was the Civil War of course. But besides that, national unity has always been a thing in times of crisis.

Just as an example, less than 20 years ago Bush was elected and Democrats were EXTREMELY bitter about it. The close election, the recount fallout, Bush was about as hated a President by one side coming into office as any President was.

And yet despite that after 9/11 Democrats and leftists, both elected and in the media, largely rallied around him (at least temporarily) and put forth a message of unity. Media members worth American flags, etc. There was a ra-ra Patriotism that got going for awhile. Nobody was trying to dunk on Bush or score cheap political points (at least not for a few months) Nobody was wishing terrorist attacks on the opposing party, etc.

Contrast that with what's happening now. From the moment this crisis began, Democrats and the media had one priority, trying to damage Donald Trump politically from it. No other considerations at all. When he acted, they objected. When he didn't act, they said he should. They are currently totally fine with bankrupting every small business in the entire country if they think the misery that inflicts will help defeat Donald Trump in November.

If you can't count on your "countrymen" to have your back in a crisis, they aren't your countrymen.

This isn't normal politics anymore. We aren't arguing about the top tax rate or PBS funding or normal bullshite.

I honestly don't see anyway back from this. There's an irreconcilable chasm between two factions in this country and it will eventually come to a head. The next conflict is coming, it may still be 20 years from now, maybe 30, maybe 50 but it's coming.