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Waiting for Trump
As Donald Trump’s inauguration looms, fear is growing by the day, both at home and abroad. The reason is not that America’s president-elect regards unpredictability as a virtue; it is that much of the world knows his type all too well.
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Like the tramps in Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot, Americans and people around the world are nervously anticipating Donald Trump’s looming presidency. Of course, unlike Godot, Trump will arrive, and everyone knows when. But, like the stranded Vladimir and Estragon, emotions are running high and changing at dizzying speed, alternating between fear, resignation, black humor, and desperation for any ray of hope in the words and actions of the president-elect.