The Fire and Fury affair is more about us than Trump
To start with a confession: I did not read the recent book describing the inner workings of the Trump White House. Since the publication of Fire and Fury , the American and global reaction is that of a fiasco. We ask ourselves: “How can it be that such a man, with such characteristics, is the president of the United States, the leader of the free world, the commander in chief of the biggest, richest military on earth?" Many follow this supposed fiasco, and are bewildered by the disparity between the title and the flesh, the ideal and the real. Fire and Fury has provided a proof, or evidence to the suspicion that ‘everybody’ has held: Trump is incapable and incompetent of leading the United States and the world. This same ‘everybody’ is infatuated by this enigma called Trump, from his nomination through election and operation, the same 'everybody' that enjoys every dirty quote, misbehavior, misconduct, and wrong-doings reported in the book. The enjoyment is derived...