You Need This: Fat Raccoon Eats Too Much Bread and Gets Stuck in Sewer Grate

America has hit something of a rough patch, with a recent survey conducted by the American Psychological Association stating that 60 percent of its citizens believe that this is the lowest point in living memory.

So yeah, we could all use a nice, long look at this overweight raccoon, who got stuck in a sewer grate after eating too much bread.

Just look at this little guy! So cute. So fat. It’s almost enough to make us forget about our nation’s ceaseless existential dread.

Police in a Chicago suburb responded to a call on Thursday and found the raccoon absolutely stuffed and unable to escape the sewer grate’s dark grasp, an obvious nod to the media cycle in the age of Trump.

“It seems this little guy has been eating a little too well and got caught in the sewer grate,” the Zion Police Department posted on Facebook.

Police were unable to free the chubby mammal from its predicament, having to the call on the Zion Public Works Department to complete the task.

The public works officials did it! Take a look at that smile and try to forget that President Donald Trump is quite literally on Twitter 18 hours a day.

“They were able to free him and our friend was no worse for wear,” the police department wrote, refusing to note if they could do the same to help America out of its current rut.

Let the joy of this happy ending wash over you and then get back to work, feverishly browsing your news feed and waiting for the next bad thing to happen.

[image via Zion Police Department]

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