Croaky at the Circus: Why Trump’s ‘Great Man’ Persona Is Just a Clown Costume

Whether I find myself on Twitter Spaces, engaged in tweet exchanges, or knee-deep in real-world political discourse, I often seem to be replaying the same tired refrain to those who lavish upon Donald Trump, as an attempt to deflect from his glaring flaws, a measure of personal credit wholly disconnected from the realities of governance. His most ferven…