I feel sorry for him too, he was the one supposed to be president, but George got it instead, George was much more malleable. The Republicans have increasingly become a hate-based party. Trump is their leader, and the establishment Republicans are rightfully horrified at the mess they created by encouraging the Tea Party.
They may well be gone as a political power in the next ten years. They alienated nearly all Americans at one time or another.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.