Trump: What if nothing made sense?

Whenever we try to understand complex situations, we try to find a reason that justifies how someone acts, or why something happens a certain way. Lately, even experts in politics, particularly international politics, are completely baffled as to the reasons behind this particular figure: any reasonable prediction based on the rules we previously knew has been shattered. Some, even with immense effort, have lined up all the facts, like an Excel spreadsheet, and tried to find a common thread. In Trump's case, at this point, we have to accept that everyone who has tried has failed.

Nothing makes sense. It's pointless to kidnap or kill a head of state if the country will continue to be ruled by those who formed its core power. It doesn't seem very logical to attack all allies with tariffs if you'll then lose those allies, damage your own economy, and also receive tariffs from other countries. Bombing Iran is pointless if you won't be able to change the country's regime and, moreover, will cause a cascade of incalculable damage to neighboring countries, which also have a lot of money, valuable resources, and often act as allies. There's no justification for helping Israel attack Iran if, theoretically, you completely destroyed the Persian nuclear weapons development capacity four days ago. Or, if what you want is to make a lot of money speculating on stock market fluctuations during these conflicts—which, since you provoke them yourself, you know when they will occur—there are much more insidious ways to achieve the same effect with the vast amount of privileged information that any government possesses, particularly the US government. Even if the intention is to provide non-stop headlines to prevent the media from talking about the Epstein files, it is necessary to design a very efficient communication strategy that has that effect, something that has not happened in a whole year.

I don't know anything about politics, much less international politics, beyond what any other minimally informed citizen might know about world history and the most important features of socioeconomic relations. But it's clear that Trump and the Republican Party are getting disastrous results in the polls, and, moreover, that the US has lost the vast majority of its former staunch allies. If anyone has benefited from this global upheaval, it's been the enemies. traditional of the US and the major powers that aspire to replace it one day: China, or even Russia, despite their enormous economic and military difficulties caused by international sanctions and following the erratic decisions of the White House on Ukraine.

In a legal process, always it is necessary Trying to uncover the truth often reveals that rational frameworks don't fit the decisions of those involved. For example, a crime may have been committed, and after an enormous investigative effort—sometimes akin to uncovering the plot of a novel—it's discovered that someone acted without any motive or reason. They simply felt like it, not because they suffered from any mental illness, but because at that moment they believed it was what they had to do, or what they could do, without considering the consequences. Many robberies, homicides, sexual assaults, or even acts of corruption have been committed with virtually no prior deliberation. The perpetrator did it simply because they did. That's how sordid reality can sometimes be.

However, considering the history of humankind, it's worth noting that the world of our representative democracies has become unaccustomed to tyrants, whom democracies themselves help to banish. A tyrant is someone who does something simply because they feel like it, if you'll excuse the expression. When they decide to do something, they simply say so, follow through, and then defend it to the death out of sheer arrogance. That's all there is to it. Explanations can be offered based on narcissistic personality disorder and confirmation bias, but I'll spare you the explanations of these concepts, which you can find online if you're curious. Simply put, some people behave like very young children: with a combination of impulsive will and a lack of reflection. That's all. Understanding this is understanding a child, an essential step in raising one.

It's harder to accept that an adult can be like this. We mustn't forget that this is a tyrant. And that tyrants exist. And so do those who flatter and worship them.