Donald Trump is a bully, not a strongman. And Australia will pay for his destruction as he panders to the mega-rich
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Performance is all for the US president, who is intent on creating a world dreamt of by global libertarian thinktanksGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor six weeks we watched as Donald Trump – primped with golden hair, bronzer, fat pens and a zigzag signature – played the lead role in his new series, The Strongman. It was solid, not great, television, driven by an unspoken, looming threat – what will he do next?This makes sense if you understand that on the way to creating a new world order of unfettered, red-blooded, male-dominated American capitalism, there is also a cultural revolution. As Stephen Marche writes in the Atlantic: “Washington today can be understood only as a product of show business, not of law or policy.” Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/08/donald-trump-is-a-bully-not-a-strongman-and-australia-will-pay-for-his-destruction-as-he-panders-to-the-mega-rich
Performance is all for the US president, who is intent on creating a world dreamt of by global libertarian thinktanksGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor six weeks we watched as Donald Trump – primped with golden hair, bronzer, fat pens and a zigzag signature – played the lead role in his new series, The Strongman. It was solid, not great, television, driven by an unspoken, looming threat – what will he do next?This makes sense if you understand that on the way to creating a new world order of unfettered, red-blooded, male-dominated American capitalism, there is also a cultural revolution. As Stephen Marche writes in the Atlantic: “Washington today can be understood only as a product of show business, not of law or policy.” Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/08/donald-trump-is-a-bully-not-a-strongman-and-australia-will-pay-for-his-destruction-as-he-panders-to-the-mega-rich