Of Clown-Princes, Stable Geniuses and Infamous Characters

Written in one paragraph, the exact description of electoral chaos in my country every six years:

"The less likely a presidential candidate is, the more unlikely, and, often, inexperienced, his aides are—that is, an unlikely candidate can attract only unlikely aides, as the likely ones go to the more likely candidates. When an unlikely candidate wins—and as outsiders become ever more the [hexennial] quadrennial flavor of the month, the more likely an unlikely candidate is to get elected—ever more peculiar people fill the White [Los Pinos] House."

It is kind of sad for friends in the US to be experiencing the same kind of shame I feel, when I cringe to the slurring, and literal, stupidity of any of our previous presidents. The only thing I know, is that these ways, eventually, end up hurting the people that unfortunately get stomped upon by furious, nonsensical ideology. Chaos as strategy is not sustainable, and what I mean by that, is that it has a cost.

Aside the human cost, the size of the smudge that is left to witness in between the lines, is that perversity and "a genial amount of corruption" in politics is present, regardless the country. Or as Wolff writes: "... a perfect storm of stupidity and cupidity."

To us Mexicans, every hexennial, and now almost every day, we also wonder the following: "it is worth considering the possibility that this constant, daily, often more than once-a-day, pileup of events—each one canceling out the one before—is the true aberration and novelty at the heart of the Trump [and every Mexican] presidency."

I know, it is futile to mix two separate channels, but the same distaste for corruption and craving for real politics remains.

Wolff, Michael. Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House