Shagged

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Twenty-five years ago, the American-Jamaican artist Shaggy released his single, "It Wasn't Me...", the lyrics of which concisely sum up the mentality of the current Masters of the World: the man-child writ large and ugly at the apex of the global body politic. Trump, Musk and any number of dictators, past and present: all men-children to a [ahem] man. OK, forty years ago in the UK, we had The Iron Lady, but, motivated by the political philosophies of male economists, ducked out of sight when caught in a blatant lie, much like the current male 'norms' that run the world today. Trump himself has a very long history of denying that he is a shyster: an auto-Ponzi-scamming crook living on the knife edge of debt and bankruptcy fuelled by the greed of others who want the cash fallout from his 'enterprises', almost all of which end in failure of some kind. To be honest, you'd be on safer grounds shorting his business' shares than investing any time or money in them. Now, though, he - through the agency of an American electorate seemingly caught like rabbits in the headlights of a Peterbilt hammering down the proverbial highway, unable to move this way or that - has the pretty much unlimited resources of his country to fund his aspirations, which means that unless someone can hang a real charge of criminal malfeasance around his neck that will actually stick in court, he will continue with carte blanche to plunder the country's assets without hindrance, leaving a trail of economic havoc in his wake. Whatever he does or says, it's always "It wasn't me..." when taken to task, no matter the gravity of the accusation. Just like a kid in school, but still doing the same in old age. Just what we need in this sorry world: the apex man-child at the helm...

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