A rotten state of affairs

Few aspirants to the American presidency have ever deployed a more effective slogan than Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again”. Although Hillary Clinton professed to believe that America has never stopped being great; in the end, countless voters sided with Trump – and in many cases, did so passionately, oblivious to all the Trumpian scandals and gaffes that marred his campaign.

I happen to be one of the few commentators who were early ...