Ever since Trump took over the presidency one term ago, politics in the US became a circus on the international stage. It’s not to say that everything was hunky-dory before him, but there was a semblance of calm, order and system. You knew what to expect from the world’s most powerful country and how far you could push it.
You thought that after Trump exited, things would go back to normal. But either Democrat Joe Biden doesn’t have the wherewithal to remove the undesirable vestiges left by the Trump train-wreck or Trump’s influence was such that it left many mini-Trumps in its wake, the end result was that the US is left looking like a sad sack in a tragic movie. This is the not the end of the country’s woes. There is a Sword of Damocles hanging with the grim prospects of another Trump victory in 2024 which no doubt will shatter to shards whatever has been left standing from his last hurricane-like term. We all hope that the US is resilient enough with a strong and decent President leading it, to mend all that was broken by Trump and left unrepaired by Biden who to be fair, was overtaken by a set of circumstances that might have not allowed him to function at peak. What brings all this to mind, is the confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee whose hearings have nothing to do with her character or capability but has become like everything these days, a clash of partisanship to the detriment of the nation’s well-being. Opinion | Where, In This Senate Circus, Is Ketanji Brown Jackson? - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/opinion/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court.html Roland. Toronto.
