Séamas O'Reilly: Trump and Musk's malfeasance hits America like an asteroid

"Planes literally falling from the sky is a heavy-handed metaphor for all that’s been going on but it is, unfortunately, what we’re left with."

Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

In December, astronomers noticed an asteroid hurtling toward Earth. 

Catchily named 2024 YR4, it’s 40-90m wide and due to hit somewhere very near us around December 22, 2032.