Full disclosure: I am an American that works for a company that is not American.
I am constantly having to explain how we got a president this stupid to people that are not Americans. No matter how I try to explain that we got this dumpster fire because of racism, it just doesn't register with them.
This is why I think humans are screwed. We can't see how one prejudiced behavior can lead to all this shit. Even though history shows that this has happened before.