On March 4 I watched the tragedy of President Trump addressing Congress. He was his typical self, which ranged from entertaining to enraging to lunacy to mendacity.

Members of Congress also demonstrated a variety of dubious behaviors. The event was surreal.

Curious, I stayed up to see what the Democratic response might be. Sen. Elissa Slotkin could have hit a home run but instead whiffed with a tired, whining message that reminded me of why I reluctantly voted Trump in November.

I went to sleep dreaming of a parliamentary-style democracy where there is no omnipotent executive. And voters are offered more than two viable choices on a ballot because their governmental structure is conducive to multiple, viable political parties.

“Two-party system” is only a media invention. Our Constitution creates a de facto two-party condition but makes no actual provision for parties.

This de facto binary political condition is serving to steadily divide the American electorate in the same way it did before 1861. The Constitution ought to be amended, but that is not going to happen. Therefore, societal order will again break down in some manner, as human nature does not change.

Democrats looked like idiots holding little black message signs during Trump’s address. Not to be outdone, Republicans presented themselves as obsequious creatures in fawning adoration of their dear leader.

And given his past remarks concerning a third term, people shouldn’t expect Donald Trump to voluntarily leave office when it is time. Fellow citizens, buckle up — it’s a rough road ahead.

Scott Cole, Bethel