I have a feeling Trump won’t be around much longer. Trumpism will fade once he isn’t. Whether that’s this year or the next or the year after. Who knows? Trump is a has been who doesn’t know it yet. Democrats ought to be thankful for Trump being around as he’s limiting their loses for this year’s midterms. At least that’s what today’s numbers show. Without Trump still being around, the Democrats could be looking at 50 house seat loss and 5-6 senate seats with a president whose job approval is at 38% and a Democratic congress way below that, with 75% of all Americans thinking this country is headed in the wrong direction, those loses should be what is projected. Not a loss of 18-20 house seats and perhaps a gain of a senate seat. Thank Trump for that as independents are still very hesitant to vote for Trump backed candidates and the GOP in particular.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/direction_of_country-902.html

As for not trusting government nor trusting the media, those are cold hard numbers without any political slant. You mentioned 1979, Gallup mentions 1972-76,

“These findings, from a Sept. 1-17 poll, are the latest in Gallup's tracking of the public's confidence in key U.S. institutions, which began in 1972. Between 1972 and 1976, 68% to 72% of Americans expressed trust in the mass media; yet, by 1997, when the question was next asked, trust had dropped to 53%. Trust in the media, which has averaged 45% since 1997, has not reached the majority level since 2003.”

Today, only 36% of all Americans either have a great deal or a fair amount of trust in the media to report the news fairly, fully and accurately. This number is for all media, Fox, CNN, MSNBC, TV, radio, newspapers etc.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/355526...nt=morelink&utm_campaign=syndication

As for trust in government, it fell from a high of 77% of all Americans down to 62% during LBJ, continued to drop during Nixon and Watergate down to 36%. It continued it downward spiral during Ford and Carter down to 25%. Trust has been at around 20% during Obama, Trump and now Biden.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2022/06/06/public-trust-in-government-1958-2022/

Cold hard numbers from unbiased sources, Gallup and Pew Research.

It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.