Proud to be an American?

Today is Independence Day in the USA and it's no coincidence that Gallup poll commissioned a survey early June asking a random sample of 1,520 American adults how patriotic they were.

For the first time in 18 year, when Gallup began asking United States citizens how proud they were to be Americans, only, 47% describe themselves this way, down from 51% in 2017 and well below the peak of 70% in 2003.

Without a doubt, politics are a big factor, with sharp declines evident among Democrats, political liberals as well as independents, yet with no visible decrease among Republicans and conservatives.

Progressives' antipathy toward Trump, and their belief that other countries don't like the president, are weighing heavily in their waning patriotism, particularly the sharp drops in the past year.

Now, you might ask, what about me?. My answer is crystal clear: “I wish I could be proud to be a citizen of planet Earth, but I can't, because we are simply not taking care of it as we should.”