The U.S. government as theatre
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION doesn’t make sense as government. He has no coherent foreign or domestic policies. He fires trusted advisors regularly. White House staff wake up each morning and check their Tweeter feeds to find out what bizarre direction the country is now going in.
However, the Trump administration does make sense as theatre. Not exactly Shakespeare, although there may be comic elements. More like professional wrestling says Naomi Klein:
“It’s hard to overstate Trump’s fascination with wrestling (Harper’s magazine, Sept., 2017).”
He has performed at least eight times in World Wrestling Entertainment, enough to earn a place in the W.W.E. Hall of Fame. In the “Battle of the Billionaires,” he pretended to beat wrestling champ Vince McMahon and shaved McMahon’s head in front of the cheering throng.