Is the situation in USA bad? Yes, in several aspects (and getting much worse if the current fascism movement wins out in the end).
Is the situation in China bad? Yes, in much more aspects.
Most important goal for USA right now is to ensure they’re not regressing into an authoritarian, fascist regime. Because then, the situation for US citizens will start becoming really similar to China or Russia. After that, goal is to combat climate change. And preventing World War 3.
Well it should be, because anyone who votes for Trump is voting to regress the country into an eventually authoritarian, fascist regime. It shouldn’t be a close race. It should be the majority voting to prevent that.