by Elizabeth Nickson, Welcome to Absurdistan:

Trump is every man’s every man. And he represents the rise of an entire World of Every Men. And Women. It is marvellous.

So much has happened in the last five months it is literally impossible to keep up. In the grand scheme of things, politicians in office are the last to see the light, hence the sclerotic movement of Congress in the States and, really, everywhere. A new world was born on November 5th of last year, and near every person in power (except Trump’s team) is struggling and confused. The old playbooks don’t work, the old phrases don’t call forth blithering suburban women hero-worshipping, and far too many of the many-too-many have a jaundiced, if not outright vengeful look in their eyes. Horrible, says the luckless MP caught on the street with people yelling at him. Or her. Just when you get into some major rooms, your ticket is cancelled.