As someone who loves his female cousins (I call them sisters) and their daughters and as someone who treats his wife as an equal partner (my philosophy: "Man and woman are two wings of the same bird.") I am all for both sexes being protected from any kind of harassment. Yes, and the media must talk about it (especially, when children and minors are harmed).

BUT...

As an outsider to the USA (I live in Europe), I cannot believe what I see in the US media.

Basically, all you can read about is three topics (in no particular order):

(1) Trump is guilty for EVERYTHING

(2) Russia is guilty for EVERYTHING

(3) Sexual harassment

It looks (off the top of my head):

- as if the USA is not fighting numerous wars

- as if the US troops are not in almost every country on the globe

- as if the federal debt is now not over 20.000 billion

- as if military budget is now not almost 700 billion

- as if bridges are not falling and as if infrastructure is not crumbling

- as if the whole society is not in all kinds of (deep) debt

- as if there is no lead and mercury in tap water in numerous municipalities

- as if many cities and municipalities are not bankrupt

- as if banks and other financial institutions are not ripping the US society

- as if corporations are not ripping the US society (latest rip: net neutrality)

- as if there is not less freedoms (of the press, of the expression, of movement [TSA])

- as if everyone has a medical insurance

- as if everyone has access to free college education

- as if there are no race riots

- as if there are no tent cities

- as if, as if, as if...

Can someone from the USA explain this to me:

- Is there critical mass concerned with the latter stuff or is almost everyone concerned with Trump, Russia and sexual harassment?

- If the latter stuff is of more concern for the people, why do the elected representatives (who get elected and re-elected by their constituents) not broach about it?

Thank you.