The Future: Hopeful or Hopeless?

I recently saw an article that talked about how our new president has been “gaslighting” America into believing what he wants us to believe. The phrase was taken from a movie where a lady by the name of Bella is being terrorized by a man named Jack who keeps blaming her for misplacing household items while he hides them himself and the only reason she doesn’t lose her mind is because she can see Jack hide the items in the light of a gas lamp. The article then goes on to talk about how Trump is doing the exact same thing. He claims news he doesn’t agree with is fake news, he constantly tweets outrageous things on twitter and posts on social media in general, and in every interview he spreads his misinformation through coercion. The main way he has done this is through putting into question what we see as the truth constantly enough that we have begun to put it into question in our own minds and, thus, are being gaslighted since we are questioning our own reality through this spread of misinformation. The article then goes on to say there’s hope as long as we don’t lose our heads and start believing everything we hear from him, but is there really? I mean, with political partisanship for the republicans followed by the easily persuaded of America spreading this misinformation, is there really hope for reclaiming our reality without the politics of the Trump administration stopping anyone who tries at every turn? I know I would never just agree with everything someone says just because of a title, but how many people become followers of anyone and just go with the crowd and don’t bother to question anything? Is there really hope as long as people remain gullible and docile about what is done in the Federal Government? Absolutely not. People need to open their eyes and see just how biased and baseless the current president is with most of his policies and actions that he doesn't even consider the repercussions for whenever he so much as moves.