As the article states, Lynn Nottage's Sweat is set "on the eve and in the twilight of George W. Bush's presidency," however, due to the U.S.' current political state, the play becomes extremely anecdotal. That is the given circumstance, that the feelings portrayed by characters Sweat mirror the feelings of current day America. We see the lives of blue collared workers become jeopardized by corporations cutting costs and we see those workers use race as a scapegoat for their fears. As the article shows, and despite the play not being set during current day America, Sweat clearly portrays the "nationwide anxiety that helped put Donald J. Trump in the White House."