The question is not whether politicians will lie. They will. The question is whether and why we, the people, will continue to believe them.
Jinns were once blamed for missing utensils and mysterious fevers. In today’s statecraft, they seem to be responsible for everything from election fraud to economic collapse. No one ever is to blame.
In trying to weaponize chaos, Trump has made America’s foreign policy more coherent than ever -- to its adversaries. He is no longer a mystery. He is a meme. And the world has learned to scroll past him.
Humiliation is the tool of the weak pretending to be strong. True strength lies in restoring dignity -- not just to the self, but to others. Only then can the roots of our society regenerate.
There is nothing that can be accomplished by an April election that could not also be accomplished by one in December, and much that could be lost.
The White House is now a stage for public rebuke, political theatre, and intimidation disguised as diplomacy. Within this heavily guarded mansion now lies an inner chamber not of hospitality but of strategic humiliation, where world leaders no longer meet an equal but face a prosecutorial figurehead.