I agree with you that Trump’s incivility is an effective political strategy. But I disagree that it’s good for the country.

Interestingly, you didn’t argue that it’s good for the country either. You listed things that were problems before Trump became president, such as drug overdoses and violence in Chicago — why fixate on the city with the 10th-highest murder rate, which is less than half of the first or second? — but didn’t say anything about Trump improving them.

That’s because he hasn’t. For example, overdoses are up. The Trump administration worked to cut healthcare spending that funds drug treatment, and released a half-assed “plan” to address the opioid crisis that isn’t even funded.

After the plan came out, here’s how Dr. Andrew Kolodny, co-director of Opioid Policy Research at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, described it:

I’m not sure we can really call this a plan. It’s more like a platform. It’s a list of ideas about addressing the opioid crisis, some of which are helpful, some which sound like a step backward. But what we still don’t have from the administration is a plan of action.

If this is what you care about, your support for the administration is misguided.