The trickster in the palace: Trump, mischief, and the theatre of power
Steelmanning the case, while noting that laughing at the circus doesn’t mean you want to live in the tent. Trump the trickster: the joke that ran for president Donald J. Trump — property mogul, reality TV star, political wrecking ball — is many things. But viewed through the mythic lens of the trickster, he becomes oddly legible. Like Anansi, Loki, or Hermes after too much Adderall, Trump doesn’t simply break rules — he points at them, mocks them, and sells merch off the wreckage. He is not the fool. He is the dealer of foolishness, and he’s made the world play. ...