This is by design, of course. From what I can tell, the authors of the computer simulation we're all living in have decided "normal" life is over for the foreseeable future. First we all succumbed to mass hysteria, torpedoed the global economy, and revoked the most basic civil liberties because of a particularly bad strain of influenza. Just as people were starting to wake from their delirium and peek their heads outside, bam, race riots and cities on fire. It's a fait accompli that the criminal case in question will be manipulated to generate another round of destruction. The question is which crises will occupy us between now and the acquittal.
Here's my guess: a scientist is going to claim "something" got into the global oil supply, and every combustion engine on Earth has been outputting deadly toxic chemicals into the air, resulting in poisonous rain around the world. Direct contact with the rain (or snow) is obviously bad, but it also gets into the global water supply. The symptoms of this poison include death among the elderly, and restlessness among young boys. The solution is to shutter all drilling, refineries, and to ban the operation of combustion engines of any size. And since all water is poisoned we'd need to report to special municipal water stations for drinking water and to bathe. The blame for this crisis, of course, lies with President Trump. Somehow.