The turnaround in official U. S. values was rapid. It happened with the election of Donald Trump.

The turnaround I address is not in policy. Our government has always used for to take what we want. That's just a fact or history. How did we get Hawaii? Texas? Puerto Rico? The list is long. The turnaround I address is in the window dressing. Sometimes, window dressing is very significant.

In the past presidents have lied to us. That have lied to us because they worried about being held accountable by the people. So they made up excuses to get what they wanted. Not anymore. This one, this president, doesn't expect anyone to hold him to account. That's the turnaround. That's the scary part for me. As @deirdyweirdy very astutely states, "The system has ceased paying lip service to liberty and transparency. We’re living in a post-law, post-morality world."

That's the turnaround. That's the scary part--at least for me.