trump and Brexit are the two most evident examples in a decline of common sense and educational standards amongst electorates.
Dont bother to think just vote the way the print media (UK) or Faux news (US ) tells you and you get an incompetent administration doing untold damage to the economy and social fabric of our countries.
In your case in the USA you have a President who doenst understand that beign the most powerful country doesn t mean you always get your own way, you have to trade with others and that means on terms that are general fair to both sides.
In our case UK we used to be the most powerful country in the world but that was 150 years ago and now we have to play the game like everyone else with cooperation and compromise. But our government feels we are above all of that and can be 'Great' again but of course we can't because the world has caught up and we are a pretty small place in the general scheme of things .
A tragedy for both the worlds great 'English speaking countries'