American lessons on character, personality in era of Trump 2.0

US President Donald Trump at an unfinished section of the wall along the US-Mexico border in Pharr, Texas.

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Before we were so rudely interrupted by one Regional Commissioner’s heartless dismissal of the importance of safe birthing in Dar es Salaam, we were having a conversation about how the Cult of Personality has replaced the Cult of Character in the 21st Century.

This new reality is emanating most strongly from the US, a country in whose wake so many of us are dragged whether we like it or not.