We don't know, but God does.
In either case, I pray that evil is punished in our nation. It is long past time that the wicked feel that sting of God's wrath and rebuke.
Should we pray for our nation? Absolutely. I do pray.
But I also recognize that nation's can be so far gone that God's judgment has already been rendered and the sentence pronounced upon them.
In the book of Jeremiah, God tells this big hearted man who was known as the "weeping prophet" because of his concern and grief for Israel that the nation had gone too far, and judgment was coming.
Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you. Jeremiah 7:16
Therefore thus says the Lord God: "Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place - on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched." Jeremiah 7:20
Personally, I believe America is now past the point of no return, and judgment is coming upon our nation. We have crossed and now exceeded every abomination that brought judgment to every ancient land in the past. I can turn on the television for 10 minutes, and witness the most selfish, wicked, and godless acts of a godless people.
I pray that God blesses and takes care of His own. Those who are His in Christ. I pray for my family. And I pray for Israel.
Pray for the conversion of ALL to Christ!
I do not either. The way things are today, I always expect the worst, until proven wrong.
Thank you for your fine post. Greetings and many blessings.