America is uncertain first and divided second

I have been a student of politics since the 1960s. Except for the Johnson and Nixon years, I never have seen the country so troubled as it is today.
Some say Americans are more divided now than ever before. (I’m guessing that doesn’t count the Civil War.) Suffice it to say you either love Donald Trump or you don’t. There seems to be little common ground between the two camps.
I prefer to think of our current state of affairs as “uncertain.” Just like when my 18 year