Paul Edwards
I
n chess, stalemate describes the endgame situation in which one party has no possible legal moves. It is the point at which we are arrived in our Presidential fiasco. There has been great angst and gnashing of teeth over it, and ebullient, if tentative, rejoicing on the part of giddy enthusiasts for whom Trump’s electoral defeat represents the Jubilee, the Dawn of Glory, and re-establishment of righteousness on earth. This view, deluded and infantile as it is, is nevertheless sincere and widely held.
Trump: Despite the manufactured hysteria, his bark proved a lot worse than his bite, but his unwitting discombobulation of the imperial machine was unacceptable to the managerial sector of the global oligarchy.