Mehdi Hassan

Look where we are today.

We're at war with Iran or we might be about to be at war with Cuba.

So just on the foreign policy stage, a massive difference from the moment I arrived in the US to the moment we're in right now.

And then, of course, as we've talked earlier, Donald Trump's assault on the Constitution, American government, how we see politics, all of its change.

I often think of my kids.

I think of anyone who is kind of, you know, under the age of 18.

18, 19, 20.

It's very hard to explain to him that there was a time when Donald Trump was just a reality TV star.

We didn't have to take him seriously.

You might be able to come back and fix some of the damage to the Constitution.

But you can't undo the cultural damage to America.

You can't undo the psychological damage.

You can't undo the shattering of norms, certain things that are now out of the bottle that you can't put back into the bottle.

And that's what really worries me, the long-term damage.

Donald Trump could disappear tomorrow, but the damage that he's done will be with us for decades to come, especially in terms of the American public.

It's a much more bitter country, divided country, angry country, violent country, hate-filled country, unfortunately.

Look at the hate crimes against synagogues, against mosques.

That's what worries me most, obviously, as a Muslim immigrant is safety.

You know, we live in a world where people are being assaulted, assassinated.

You have Republicans who say they can't vote against Donald Trump because they're worried about the security and safety of their own families.