<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/56eac962dd089502578b4895-1156-867/rtx1cksg.jpg" alt="Protestors attacking police officer in Burundi" data-mce-source="REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic" />REUTERS/Goran TomasevicProtesters attacked a female police officer in Bujumbura, Burundi in May, 2015.</div></div></div>The latest findings of the <a href="http://worldhappiness.report/">World Happiness Report</a>, an annual survey that assesses the state of global wellbeing, have been released ahead of the <a href="http://www.un.org/en/events/happinessday/">United Nations' International Happiness Day</a> on March 20.To determine its results, the report gauged the happiness levels of thousands of individuals from 156 nations from their responses to the Gallup World Poll.Countries were ranked according to six key criteria: GDP per capita, social support, life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity, and freedom from corruption. The report also considered happiness inequality, to see how happiness levels varied between people from the same countries."The reports review the state of happiness in the world today and show how the new science of happiness explains personal and national variations in happiness," <a href="http://5c28efcb768db11c7204-4ffd2ff276d22135df4d1a53ae141422.r82.cf5.rackcdn.com/HR-V1_web.pdf">the report reads</a>. "They reflect a new worldwide demand for more attention to happiness as a criteria for government policy."Here are the 19 unhappiest countries in the world.

The 19 unhappiest countries in the world

<img class="gwt-Image" src="/photo/29099124.cms" /> Beware the <keyword id="2022704" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Third-Monday-of-January">third Monday of January</keyword>, popularly known as the <keyword id="2004478" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Blue-Monday">Blue Monday</keyword> and predicted to be the most depressing day of the year. January, in itself, could be depressing for many reasons. For one, it is insufferably cold in most parts of the world. It rains off and on, and few of us like to wade through the slush when it’s freezing. Plus, we are already 20 days into the New Year and must have broken most of the resolutions we are supposed to follow for the rest of the year. If that is not enough, there is always a sinking feeling at the back of our mind when we realise that festivities are finally over; work is now piling up and for many of us, performance appraisal is looming large in the horizon. 
 Do cheer up, folks! It’s just a fad, without any substance. There could be no science or logic that can measure and pinpoint a day as the ‘unhappiest’ of the year. But in case you are curious, let’s tell you Dr <keyword id="174855" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Cliff-Arnall">Cliff Arnall</keyword>, a <keyword id="118391" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="psychologist">psychologist</keyword> who taught at the <keyword id="174856" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Cardiff-University">Cardiff University</keyword>’s adult education centre for some time, first introduced this concept in 2005 and came up with a (ludicrous) formula to calculate the D-day. Wikipedia cites a Press release by a <keyword id="6354774" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Mental-health">mental health</keyword> charity and puts down the formula as: 
 

	[W + D – d]TQ 
	MNa
 
Here W=weather, D=undefined, d=debt, T=time since Christmas, Q=time since failing our New Year’s resolutions, M=low motivational levels and Na=the feeling of a need to take action. The calculation part must be raising a laugh and ‘experts’ have already come up with different dates. According to a report by <keyword id="115220" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Guardian">The Guardian</keyword>, this year, drinks company Upbeat has announced that we’ve had it wrong all along. It’s not the third Monday of January we should be worried about. It’s the <keyword id="2022693" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="First-Monday-back-at-work">first Monday back at work</keyword> that’s the worst. 
 Whether you want to go by the new calculations or want to stick to the third week timeframe (like us), one thing is crystal clear. The factors mentioned above surely drive <keyword id="6354802" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="depression">depression</keyword> as most of us might have already experienced. So the concept has gained some popularity and it has now become a ritual of sorts to nudge the people around us on this specific day and alert them to the dangers of depression. 
 That’s a much-needed requirement to begin the New Year on a positive note. <keyword id="23666" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="stress">Stress</keyword>, anxiety and depression are the modern day monsters that can’t be killed with one holistic silver bullet. Figures show that depression affects 350 million people worldwide and is slated to become the second leading cause of death and disability across the world by 2020, according to a study by the <keyword id="43588" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="World-Health-Organization">World Health Organization</keyword> (WHO). One in 13 persons in India runs the risk of slipping into depression while the average age of depression is estimated to be 31.9 year in the country, as per WHO. It, therefore, makes sense to mark a day to acknowledge the threat to our overall well-being and support each other to ensure a better <keyword id="2022708" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Work-life-experience">work-life experience</keyword>. 
 
“Use this day as a springboard for a higher quality life,” Daily Mail of the UK quoted Dr Arnall as saying. Now, we call that sound advice, for once. So, instead of feeling blue, try and make it the ‘happiest’ of Mondays by following these 9 ‘happiness’ tips at workplace and also at home, whenever applicable. And in doing so, let joy be the theme of your soul. After all, you can’t spread happiness until you are happy yourself.

9 Tips To Turn Blue
Monday Into A Happy Workday

<ul class="summary-list"><li>This post originally appeared in the Insider Today newsletter.</li></ul>Hiya! One of the major stories of the past few days has been the budding relationship between Taylor Swift and NFL star Travis Kelce. From how <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-travis-kelce-makes-compared-to-taylor-swift-2023-9">Kelce's salary compares to Swift's concert ticket sales</a> to a <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-guide-to-football-swifties-nfl-2023-9">guide to football</a> (Taylor's Version) to why one local was <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-dating-kansas-city-date-spot-2023-9">disappointed in the duo's date spot</a>, we've got you covered. If you're reading this on your way into the office, you're not alone. Jobs that are fully remote are tough to come by these days. As a result, the competition to <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/remote-wfh-jobs-application-odds-tech-market-rto-2023-9">nab a remote job is heating up</a>. More on that in today's big story. What's on deck: <ul><li>Markets: What a <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/government-shutdown-stock-market-outlook-impact-budget-spending-bill-debt-2023-9">government shutdown</a> could mean for US stocks.</li><li>Tech: Inside the impact of <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-invests-4-billion-in-anthropic-2023-9">Amazon's latest big bet</a> on AI.</li><li>Business: The internet is debating the merits of going to <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.insider.com/pressure-socializing-with-coworkers-debate-viral-2023-9">company happy hours</a>.</li></ul>But first, I'm not making it into the office today. <hr />If this was forwarded to you, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/newsletter/insider-today">sign up here.</a><hr /><h2>The big story</h2>Out of office<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/remote-wfh-jobs-application-odds-tech-market-rto-2023-9"></a><div type="image" title="A swarm of cursors surrounds an &quot;apply&quot; button." height="1000" width="2000" msid="103967680" hostid="261" sizebytes="92144"></div>The hottest ticket in the job market? A remote role.As the push to get workers <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/companies-making-workers-employees-return-to-office-rto-wfh-hybrid-2023-1">back in the office</a> ramps up, companies willing to let their employees WFH are getting plenty of attention. Insider's Aki Ito has a story on the <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/remote-wfh-jobs-application-odds-tech-market-rto-2023-9">rush of applicants for remote jobs</a>.How sought after are remote jobs? Roles listed as fully remote only made up 9% of job postings on LinkedIn in August, but they attracted almost half of all the applications on the site, Aki writes. What's even more fascinating is how quickly this occurred, Aki told me. The market for remote jobs went from being somewhat robust — peaking at 21% of LinkedIn job listings in March 2022 — to extremely tight in the blink of an eye. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/remote-wfh-jobs-application-odds-tech-market-rto-2023-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><div type="image" title="doing a face mask during work" height="4160" width="5546" msid="103967681" hostid="261" sizebytes="810994"></div>There are few topics in corporate America as polarizing as remote work. Regardless of where you fall on the spectrum — in-person, hybrid, or remote — chances are you feel strongly that your way is the best way. But the reality, as is often the case, isn't as concrete.In a range of studies highlighted in a research note from Goldman Sachs at the end of August, the productivity effects of remote work ranged from very bad (-19%) to very good (+13%).Such a wide spectrum shows there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Some people work better remotely, while others need to be in the office. But nuance is a tricky thing with big companies. When creating policies for a workforce that numbers in the tens of thousands, it's a lot easier to take blanket stances on where employees can work. Lengthy, expensive office leases might also discourage companies from embracing remote work. And since the data seems so inconclusive, why would a company even make the effort to enable some workers to be remote? After all, decades of evidence before the pandemic showed people in the office five days a week worked fine.As Aki's story points out, that type of rationale from larger companies has created an opportunity for those <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/remote-wfh-jobs-application-odds-tech-market-rto-2023-9">willing to support remote work</a>. Of course, that decision comes with risks. A company's commitment to remote work might not be forever, even if employees view it that way. As a result, a change of heart by the company puts it in the difficult spot of pulling people back to an office they never intended to visit.<hr /><h2>3 things in markets</h2>Before the opening bell: US stock futures <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/premarket">traded flat</a> this morning after major indexes ended a <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-news-fed-recession-interest-rates-government-shutdown-bonds-2023-9">string of losses</a>.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/recession-outlook-economy-risks-government-shutdown-student-loans-housing-market-2023-9"></a><div type="image" title="Man walks past Bed Bath &amp; Beyond store with store closing sign in window" height="1666" width="2500" msid="103967684" hostid="261" sizebytes="119770"></div>1. The risk of a recession is still very real. Despite all the talk of a soft landing, the US economy could still go sideways. A weakening labor market and consumer headwinds are among the issues that <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/recession-outlook-economy-risks-government-shutdown-student-loans-housing-market-2023-9">could send things spiraling</a>.2. So about that government shutdown... Since we're talking about economic risks, a potential government shutdown could be around the corner. Market experts detailed its <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/government-shutdown-stock-market-outlook-impact-budget-spending-bill-debt-2023-9">impact on the stock market</a> and how long it'll take to recover.3. China's economy takes another blow. Monday marked a tough day for the country's property stocks. Embattled developer <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/china-property-crisis-developer-stocks-fall-evergrande-debt-economy-2023">Evergrande's stock fell as much as 25%</a> after it announced it was unable to issue new debt.<hr /><h2>3 things in tech</h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/techcrunch-disrupt-2023-outfits-photos-best-dressed-tech-celebrities-2023-9"></a><div type="image" title="TechCrunch reporter Rebecca Szkutak, TechCrunch senior reporter Dominic-Madori Davis, and Window Snyder, founder and CEO of Thistle Technologies speak onstage." height="1365" width="1820" msid="103967686" hostid="261" sizebytes="157054"></div>1. Fit check: The best and most daring looks from TechCrunch Disrupt. The tech conference's fashion has evolved from the days of hoodies and ill-fitting jeans. This year, attendees sported <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/techcrunch-disrupt-2023-outfits-photos-best-dressed-tech-celebrities-2023-9">tailored suits, cashmere, and other stylish looks</a>.2. Hello, it's me (ChatGPT) — the tech can talk back to you with an eerily human-like voice. Paying users of the service can pick from five different voices. They were developed by working with professional voice actors and allow you to "<a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-chatgpt-can-now-have-voice-conversation-with-users-2023-9">engage in a back-and-forth conversation</a>."3. Amazon is positioned to invest $4 billion into a leading ChatGPT competitor. Anthropic calls itself an "AI safety and research company." After the major investment, Anthropic switched from using Google's services to Amazon's, highlighting how the <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-invests-4-billion-in-anthropic-2023-9">AI wars are still heating up</a>.<hr /><h2>3 things in business</h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/recession-outlook-inflation-labor-market-interest-rates-consumers-economic-headwinds-2023-9"></a><div type="image" title="People at a Target" height="1500" width="2000" msid="103967689" hostid="261" sizebytes="267070"></div>1. EY chief economist warns of three looming threats that could make Americans spend less. <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/recession-outlook-inflation-labor-market-interest-rates-consumers-economic-headwinds-2023-9">Inflation and higher interest rates</a> are among the factors that could lead to an economic slowdown.2. Employees are saying no to "mandatory fun." Some workers say they stopped feeling bad about skipping happy hours, even if it comes at the cost of their careers. A viral debate highlighted how people often feel <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.insider.com/pressure-socializing-with-coworkers-debate-viral-2023-9">pressured to socialize</a> with their coworkers.3. Costco is now offering low-cost healthcare to its members. It's through a new partnership with Google-backed online telehealth company Sesame. Costco members would pay $29 for virtual doctor's visits and receive <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/costco-offer-virtual-doctors-visits-to-members-2023-9">discounts on other services</a>.<hr /><h2>In other news</h2><ul><li>Lonely Gen Zers are <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-loneliness-spends-money-to-make-friends-2023-9">spending thousands of dollars</a> to make friends.</li><li>Video appears to show a Russian Lancet drone <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/video-russian-lancet-drone-range-hits-ukrainian-mig-29-jet-2023-9">striking a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter</a>.</li><li>These are the top 18 public-relations experts CEOs scramble to <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-top-pr-people-in-crisis-communications-2023-9">hire in a crisis</a>.</li><li>The 10 unhappiest places in the US, based on <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.insider.com/unhappiest-places-states-us-ranking-2023-9">unemployment rates, mental health, and more</a>.</li><li>Tiny-home startup Boxabl acknowledged it is the <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boxabl-securities-and-exchange-commission-tiny-homes-sec-filing-2023-9">subject of an SEC inquiry</a>.</li><li>Walmart customers can now set up <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-gets-into-the-replenishment-game-16-years-after-amazon-2023-9">repeat purchases</a> by subscription.</li><li>This 20-year-old built one of the hottest AI study tools when he was <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/edtech-asi-ai-dubai-chatbot-tutoring-assistant-2023-9">still in high school</a>.</li><li>A "pretty contentious" <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-peter-thiel-phone-call-report-2023-9">phone call</a> between Donald Trump and Peter Thiel.</li></ul><hr /><h2>What's happening today</h2><ul><li>Safety first! It's World Contraception Day. The 2023 theme is "The Power of Options."</li><li>On your mark, get set, bake — "The Great British Bake Off" returns for season 14. It'll air on Channel 4 in the UK. Meanwhile, those in the US will have to wait until Friday every week for the episodes to hit Netflix.</li><li>Earnings today: Costco, Cintas Corp., <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/earnings-calendar">and other companies</a>.</li></ul><hr /><h2>For your bookmarks</h2>Affordable rent<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/most-affordable-us-cities-renters-2023-9"></a><div type="image" title="Sioux Falls South Dakota" height="750" width="1000" msid="103967691" hostid="261" sizebytes="124732"></div>The 10 most affordable metro areas for renters. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Jefferson City, Missouri, both made the list with gross median rents <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/most-affordable-us-cities-renters-2023-9">under $1,000 per month</a>.<hr />The Insider Today team: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/dan-defrancesco">Dan DeFrancesco</a>, senior editor and anchor, in New York City. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/diamond-naga-siu">Diamond Naga Siu</a>, senior reporter, in San Diego. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/hallam-bullock">Hallam Bullock</a>, editor, in London. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/author/lisa-ryan">Lisa Ryan</a>, executive editor, in New York.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Former First Lady <keyword id="27526" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Michelle-Obama">Michelle Obama</keyword> on Wednesday said she's been managing "some form of low-grade depression" in 2020. </li><li>Obama attributed this, in part, to the <keyword id="3798493" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="trump-administration">Trump administration</keyword>'s "hypocrisy." </li><li>"But I'd be remiss to say that part of this depression is also a result of what we're seeing in terms of the protests, the continued racial unrest, that has plagued this country since its birth," the former first lady said.</li></ul>Former First Lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday said she has been "dealing with some form of low-grade depression" this year, attributing it, in part, to the "hypocrisy" of the Trump administration. "Not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife, and just seeing this administration, watching the hypocrisy of it, day in and day out, is dispiriting," Obama said on the <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/1290996047104409601" target="_blank" rel="noopener">latest episode</a> of "The Michelle Obama Podcast" while speaking with NPR anchor Michele Norris."I don't think I'm unusual in that," Obama added. "But I'd be remiss to say that part of this depression is also a result of what we're seeing in terms of the protests, the continued racial unrest, that has plagued this country since its birth. I have to say that waking up to the <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">news</keyword>, waking up to how this administration has or has not responded, waking up to yet another story of a Black man or a Black person somehow being dehumanized, or hurt or killed, or falsely accused of something, it is exhausting. And it has led to a weight that I haven't felt in my life, in a while."Obama said she's struggled to keep a routine this year, particularly in terms of sleep and exercise. Data shows that the former first lady is not alone in feeling this way in 2020. Polling released in June showed that Americans are <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-have-historically-low-levels-of-happiness-national-pride-2020-6">the unhappiest they've been in 50 years</a> and exhibiting historically low levels of national pride. In the <a href="https://www.norc.org/Research/Projects/Pages/covid-response-tracking-study.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID Response Tracking Study</a>, conducted in late May by NORC at the University of Chicago, just 14% of American respondents said they were very happy. Comparatively, 31% said the same in 2018.And Census Bureau data released in May found <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/26/americans-with-depression-anxiety-pandemic/?arc404=true">a third of Americans</a> are showing signs of clinical anxiety or depression during the <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> pandemic.

Michelle Obama says she's dealing with 'low-grade depression' because of COVID-19, racial strife, and the Trump administration

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Former President <keyword id="15962" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Barack-Obama">Barack Obama</keyword>'s closing pitch to voters is that life won't be so "exhausting" if they elect <keyword id="99719" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Joe-Biden">Joe Biden</keyword> over President <keyword id="6354484" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Donald-Trump">Donald Trump</keyword>.</li><li>It's a compelling message amid a pandemic and economic crisis, and after four years of constant chaos under Trump.</li><li>Polling has consistently shown voters are suffering from <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> fatigue in the Trump era, and are extremely unhappy with the state of the country.</li><li>Trump at a rally on Tuesday told supporters that <keyword id="6358883" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="politics">politics</keyword> will be boring if he's not reelected, inadvertently reminding voters he's the chaos candidate who prioritizes holding their attention more than anything else. </li></ul>"It just won't be so exhausting."That's former President Barack Obama's closing pitch to voters on behalf of Joe Biden and <keyword id="180909" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kamala-Harris">Kamala Harris</keyword> with the country less than two weeks from Election Day. It's a simple but effective message: if you elect Biden, politics will not weigh heavily on your daily life anymore. "And with Joe and Kamala at the helm, you're not going to have to think about the crazy things they said every day. And that's worth a lot," Obama said during a speech in Philadelphia on Wednesday. "You're not going to have to argue about them every day. It just won't be so exhausting."After roughly four years of non-stop chaos under President Donald Trump, which has been topped off by his disastrous handling of the <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> pandemic, it's a compelling closing argument. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1319051636136906761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2020</a></blockquote>Trump has been a uniquely destructive president. He's <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=545+children&amp;oq=545+children&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57.1450j0j4&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8ome&amp;ie=UTF-8">torn families apart</a>, emboldened <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-history-of-support-from-white-supremacist-far-right-groups-2020-9">far right extremist groups</a>, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-is-trying-to-undermine-legitimacy-of-the-2020-election-2020-7">eroded democratic norms</a>, mirrored the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/historians-election-experts-warn-trump-behaving-like-mussolini-2020-9">behavior of authoritarians</a> while <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-kim-jong-un-otto-warmbier-putin-mohammed-bin-salman-2019-2">kowtowing to autocrats</a> worldwide, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-nato-budget-is-funded-2018-7">damaged relationships with key US allies</a>, and seen <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html">more than 222,000 Americans die</a> from a virus he <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-repeatedly-downplayed-covid-19-after-telling-woodward-very-deadly-2020-9">deliberately downplayed</a> (and eventually contracted) during the final year of his first term.Meanwhile, there's also an economic recession linked to the pandemic that's left millions unemployed and struggling to pay rent, but the GOP has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stimulus-mcconnell-republicans-supreme-court-election-2020-10">prioritized confirming Trump's Supreme Court nominee</a> over an economic relief package.With less than two weeks until Election Day, Trump is still on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1319248527613100035?s=20">airing grievances and attacking journalists</a> rather than focusing on the myriad problems facing the country. Americans are, quite understandably, exhausted with and disenchanted by the state of US politics. Even before COVID-19 was a blip on America's radar, voters were showing signs of extreme exhaustion in the Trump era. A Pew Research Center <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/02/26/almost-seven-in-ten-americans-have-news-fatigue-more-among-republicans/">survey</a> conducted in October and November of last year found about two-thirds of Americans (66%) feel worn out by the amount of news there is.Not long after the Pew survey was completed, Trump was impeached in the House, and weeks later he ordered a drone strike that killed Iran's top general and sparked fears of a new war in the Middle East. Roughly a month after the controversial strike — in early February — Trump was acquitted in the Senate and the first known COVID-19 US death occurred. A more recent Pew survey from early October found about <a href="https://www.journalism.org/2020/10/19/interest-in-election-news-increases-with-most-americans-feeling-worn-out-by-the-volume-of-coverage/">six-in-10 Americans (61%)</a> say they are worn out by so much coverage of the 2020 presidential election.With the president hopping from one self-inflicted crisis to the next, it's no wonder many Americans are suffering from emotional exhaustion on various levels.As Insider <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-have-historically-low-levels-of-happiness-national-pride-2020-6">previously reported</a>, polling released in the spring and early summer found that Americans are the unhappiest they've been in 50 years and exhibiting historically low levels of national pride. In the <a href="https://www.norc.org/Research/Projects/Pages/covid-response-tracking-study.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">COVID Response Tracking Study</a>, conducted in late May by NORC at the University of Chicago, just 14% of American respondents said they were very happy. By comparison, 31% said the same in 2018. And a <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/312644/national-pride-falls-record-low.aspx">Gallup poll</a> from mid-June found that national pride was at a record low. Though most respondents said they were "extremely proud" (42%) or "very proud" (21%) to be American, both readings marked the lowest Gallup has recorded since it began polling on this issue in 2001. Trump, who is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/polling-suggests-trump-chances-of-defeating-biden-rapidly-dwindling-2020-10?utmSource=twitter&amp;utmContent=referral&amp;utmTerm=topbar&amp;referrer=twitterrrer=twitter">trailing Biden in the national polls</a> and has consistently <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-biden-poll-coronavirus-swing-voters-battleground-abandon-president-2020-10">received negative marks from voters on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic</a>, at a campaign rally on Tuesday told his supporters that politics will be boring if he's not reelected. "Nobody's going to be interested in politics anymore," <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1319013337045344256?s=20">Trump said.</a>But many voters are seemingly desperate to return to a time in which they're not afraid to look at the news in the morning, anxious about what the president may have done (or tweeted) while they were sleeping. "You'd wake up in the morning — 'What has he done today? You know, are we going to blow up today?'" Judy Jones, a retired social worker in North Carolina who's volunteering for Biden, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-10-20/trump-stirring-up-more-chaos-in-final-stretch-may-be-exhausting-the-voters-he-needs">recently told Los Angeles Times</a>. "We just want to wake up and go. 'OK, there's someone decent with integrity running this country.'"Craving attention at all times, Trump has treated being president like a reality TV show — regardless of the impact on the country. American voters never asked to be entertained by politics, they'd much rather live in a functioning country. "This is not a reality show," Obama said on Wednesday. "This is reality, and the rest of us have had to live with the consequences of him proving himself incapable of taking the job seriously."

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Here's everything you need to know on Thursday.1. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tariffs-trade-war-deficit-record-high-2018-11">Trump's go-to trade report card is starting to look downright deficient.</a> According to <a href="https://www.census.gov/econ/indicators/index.html">the US Census Bureau</a>, the goods trade deficit - the president's very reason for triggering a trade war - hit $77.2 billion in October. 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He has plans to star in an&#xa0;upcoming Broadway adaptation of Stephen King's classic novel, "Misery."But&#xa0;the same day that news broke,&#xa0;<a href="http://tomandlorenzo.com/2015/08/kristen-stewart-jesse-eisenberg-bruce-willis-shooting-woody-allens-latest/">photos surfaced</a>&#xa0;of Willis on set at&#xa0;Allen's movie in Beverly Hills.Now some have questioned if Willis' exit really is due to a scheduling conflict. Actor availability is often worked out before cameras start rolling and&#xa0;The Wrap's <a href="https://twitter.com/TheInSneider/status/635994191655374848">Jeff Sneider tweeted</a> that Willis was actually fired.&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/Roberts13Chris">@Roberts13Chris</a> He got fired so don't hold your breath...- Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/635994191655374848">August 25, 2015</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>This is not the first time Allen has let an actor go during production, or, if you want to believe Sneider, Willis' actions got him taken off a film.Allen has been known to recast in the middle of shooting. As <a href="http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/bruce-willis-exits-woody-allens-new-film-with-kristen-stewart-jesse-eisenberg-and-more-20150825">The Playlist</a> points out:<blockquote class="blockquote">"Christopher Walken and Sam Shepard both were filmed playing the role of Peter in '<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093940/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2">September</a>' before ultimately being replaced by Sam Waterston. Michael Keaton was replaced by Jeff Daniels after ten days of shooting 'The Purple Rose Of Cairo.' Juliette Lewis replaced Emily Lloyd in 'Husbands and Wives' after some footage was shot."</blockquote>And there have been stories for years about how difficult Willis is to work with. Famously, director Kevin Smith was so fed up with Willis' behavior <a href="http://flavorwire.com/292066/the-most-notorious-actordirector-feuds-in-movie-history">he went public</a>, dedicating a chapter in his memoir, "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tough-Sh-Life-Advice-Lazy/dp/1592406890/flavorpill0e-20">Tough Sh-t,</a>" about how awful it was to work with Willis on the film "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385867/?ref_=nv_sr_1">Cop Out.</a>""He turned out to be the unhappiest, most bitter, and meanest emo-bitch I've ever met at any job I've held down. And mind you, I've worked at Domino's Pizza," Smith wrote.Willis was also cut from&#xa0;"The Expendables 3" following a <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bruce-willis-left-expendables-3-602051">contract dispute</a>. This led the franchise's star, Sylvester Stallone, to tweet this:&#xa0;<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">GREEDY AND LAZY ...... A SURE FORMULA FOR CAREER FAILURE- Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/364832393175105536">August 6, 2013</a></blockquote><script async="" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Regardless of why Willis left, Allen is in the process of recasting and production on the movie will not be delayed, according to Deadline.BI reached out to Willis' reps for comment but have not received a reply. 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