Our country is suffering a crisis of distrust. How we move forward will require us to ask ourselves what our motivations are every step of the way. Is it a lack of representation? Is it to forge a new political system? Or is it just fear? Now, after witnessing the startlingly successful campaign of a man whose goal seems to be to divide and conquer the whole of these United States along our most sensitive fault lines, President Donald Trump is enjoying his first night in the highest office in the United States of America. As he preens in the Oval Office and leans back into the well worn leather of his new chair, I can't help but ask to ask myself: what is his motivation? After spending 9 years researching peace for my documentary film "A Chance for Peace," I've learned to catch myself before I go down the rabbit hole of trying to find reason in irrational people.
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