the mysteries of trump It's a bit late and I'm tired, I think I'll just go for the low hanging fruit of commentary: Donald Trump. The quote on the index page is from an editorial yesterday by Andrew Coyne, writing for the Globe and Mail, Canada's largest newspaper. I've sent Coyne's op-eds around to friends before. I know Trump has many critics in the USA, but they will never be as critical of him as the foreign press is. To outsiders, Trump is far more than just a national disgrace. He is as bad as politicians get, and that's saying a lot. He does things every day that should land him in jail. He breaks societal norms every day, norms that provide the glue for human societies. He is said to have the vocabulary of a 4th grader (although Amelia's is way better), and he communicates without filters, typing randomly worded and randomly punctuated tweets into his phone at night. He lies constantly - with almost every utterance - so one assumes he has no real connection with reality. He has no social network other than his family of fellow grifters and multiple layers of sycophants; and so he has no feedback or insight into his deplorable behaviour. I've been discussing Trump with friends for years now and none of us are anywhere close to understanding the people who would elect such an ignorant and hateful man to office - twice! But the mystery of Trump goes far beyond the American electorate. Almost every Republican congressperson supports him. The US Supreme Court supports him. Foreign leaders bow down before him. The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize gave her award to Trump. Today, FIFA reversed a refereeing decision in the World Cup at Trump's request! How embarrassing to have to cheat to win. But that is the playbook in everything Trump undertakes. None of it makes any sense, but we all presume this deep malaise is not good.