In most situations Trump creates an illusion of control whilst being totally out of depth. No strategy, only an impulsive set of poorly thought out tactics mostly designed for optics rather than outcomes.

Little Donny. Always has his colouring in book and crayons in his pink MAGA backpack.

The look of disgust on the popes face is obvious

A dictator that views innocent people as resources to fill his brutal gulags

At last some courage

Run by a CEO with plenty of experience in running businesses into the ground.

The grifter in chief, President of USA Inc. It’s Pay to Play.

Yeh and one from Australia

Gonna miss Antony, but a terrific replacement

The global rise of gangster politics

Fanboys of the free market often overlook the crucial role government intervention plays in maintaining balance. Markets tend to privatise profits while pushing the costs of negative externalities onto society. What critics dismiss as 'socialism' often seeks to address this.

The institutional changes being made at lightening speed is straight from the autocrats playbook.

She let Barrack deal with the orange maggot

Populism, polarisation and post truth is on the rise globally. The tough guy with simple solutions. In the USA, combine this with voluntary voting and the electoral college and you get a perfect storm.

Carl Sagan writes about the impact on the USA of a decline in educational standards, particularly critical and skeptical thinking skills in his 1995 book ‘The demon haunted world’. When superstition and pseudoscience become alternative facts……and here we are!

I have not heard a rational and compelling explanation on how increased tariffs on imports, deporting millions of people and defunding education will benefit the USA, its people and economy.

I agree that we are free to believe. It’s the Religion Inc business model and overly generous concessions that gets under my skin.

Replace trust with believe and then it becomes easier to explain. Simple solutions to complex problems are always attractive and it makes people like Kennedy, Oz and many other populists appear decisive. And when it turns to s..t the plan B is generally blame someone or something else.