But is the joke on them?
People say "the world" is laughing at us, that they are laughing at the election of Trump, that they think we are a joke and scoff at our electoral process. They say the world thinks America is doomed, that the rift between parties has grown too great, that we are too divided as a people to ever stand united again. Maybe they are right, but then who are they to pass judgment? Let's take a moment to look at the "world" around us: