The new bridge between Detroit and Windsor is complete.

The Gordie Howe bridge fiasco presents us with a microcosm of what’s wrong with America.

Not everything that is wrong with America, but certainly the decrepitude that overtakes a country entangled with a corrupt, authoritarian leader.

They thought he would cut the red tape and unleash the engines of unfettered capitalism.

Instead, we got corruption on a scale never before seen in America

Apparently “baksheesh” is now required to grease the wheels….. wheels that increasingly seem to be falling off.

Ask the farmers who live around me, whose fields seem to be planted much more sparsely than last year’s fields.

It’s easy to say “fuck you. You voted for this” to the farmers, EXCEPT that they grow the stuff that we eat. And they do seem to be coming to their own realization that the greedy bastard in charge is playing games with their livelihood for his own enrichment.

So now the Gordie Howe bridge- potentially the greatest conduit of transportation to and from Canada, sits idle…… because the family that owns the rival, falling apart “Ambassador Bridge” paid a bribe to Trump to keep it closed.

Multiply that reality by a thousand, and that’s the picture of America that’s emerging.

Tired of “winning” yet?