On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump was once again crowned as the 47th President of the United States. Amidst an oath-taking ceremony dripping with ostentation and a multi-million-dollar invite to America’s rich and famous, the capital was lit up with fireworks.
Let us pause and reflect on how Americans, in their infinite wisdom, orchestrated this jaw-dropping comeback. Trump, the self-anointed saviour of the nation, was drowning in lawsuits that range from sexual assault and financial fraud to election meddling and defamation. Yet somehow, this kaleidoscope of controversy has not only failed to sink him but has also seemed to polish his allure.
Trump is the Houdini of American politics, and, with astonishing ease, stepped back into the White House for a second term.
Was it charisma? Hypnosis? A national case of selective amnesia? For the rest of the world, it’s still a head-scratcher, a puzzle that got more baffling with every tweet, every rhetoric from tariffs to Gaza peace plan to Greenland grab, Maduro’s kidnapping and possibly Cuba’s annexation as a piece of cake.
In between, he seems to have forgotten the Great Wall project between the USA and Mexico. Is it dead or dormant, he knows! And what about Canada, his 51st state dream?
With the controversial delivery of intimidations, blackmails, and bluffs, Trump dominates the world news on and on with the swagger of a man who believes he’s invincible.
He is a master juggler in every aspect of his life, from business to politics, creating headlines with the cosmetic renovation of the White House to his claim for the Nobel Peace Prize, besides receiving the second-hand one from Venezuelan presidential aspirant Maria Corina Maxhoado.
Born in 1946, Trump turns 80 on June 14. Under the Gemini sign, Trump embodies its reputation for “duality, double-talk, shifty, changeable, and endlessly communicative.”
But let’s be real: Trump doesn’t just talk; he trumpets with a narcissist flavour. His words are loud, brash, and unapologetically inflammatory, from demonizing immigrants to brutally deporting them.
Even amid the cynicism surrounding his “Make America Great Again” mantra, there’s one thing you can’t deny: Trump is nothing if not direct. He skips the diplomatic dance and says what’s on his overly ebullient and instinctive mind, no matter how outrageous or incendiary. In a world where many leaders wrap their words in layers of ambiguity, Trump shouts them out like a trumpeter blasting a call to arms as a true nationalist.
But make no mistake, his nationalism isn’t just wild; it’s dangerous, casting long shadows over America’s neighbours to the north and south and footprints on the icy shields of Greenland to the ripples in the Panama Canal.
For better or worse, Trump is a phenomenon, a strange cocktail of audacity, controversy, and resilience. Love him or loathe him, one thing is certain: he’s not just part of the story; he is the story of jittering global implications.
– Promod Puri
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All political, social and economic actors across the world are playing their roles suiting to their interests. Some are overt; some covert. President Trump is not an exception. After the cold war ended, the world has been in transition. A new world order is in the making. We have to watch and wait how it shapes. New ideologies are emerging. When my own roof is leaking, why should I bother about the other.
An extract from my book ” Poetry In Daily Life – Life Enlightened.
Give a monkey the right to freedom,
He will cut off the nose of the king.
Before freedom is earned, deserve it,
Rules are necessary even in the ring.
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Well said, especially very appropriate thru your poetic expression.
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