2017 was a blend of events. The Trump administration and the Trump personality diverged in ways that the media did not fully grasp. Tweets are not policy, and with a few exceptions, U.S. government policy was standard, hard-right orthodoxy. The exceptions were the Mueller investigation and the expanded crackdown on immigration. Mueller's work will probably end in an anti-climactic fashion sometime in 2018. The issues surrounding immigration will persist for decades.
The U.S. continues to diversify, despite the feverish efforts of the Miller/Bannon crowd. The big questions circle around whether geographic divisions and ethnic divisions will maintain familiar patterns. Will cities continue to be "melting pots" with entrenched power bases that are still mostly white (cue, Boston) or will there be a true cultural reformation in critical areas like California and the Southwest?
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