In a word (or a few), what describes this situation? Credit: Getty Images
In a word (or a few), what describes this situation?
In a word (or a few), what describes the current situation? Getty Images

As is our somewhat irregular tradition here on Slog, the time has come to pre-answer the question that the President of the United States will Prime Time-answer tonight.

Back in olden times, Slog readers once answered the question by saying the state of our union under Barack Obama was everything from “damn lucky” to “drone-struck” and “meh.”

As we now enter the second year of the “wish it were merely meh” Trump era, the blank comment box once again awaits: The state of our union is….

Eli Sanders was The Stranger's associate editor. His book, "While the City Slept," was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He once did this and once won...