Colin Sheridan: Land of the Free, home of the Knave
There are two Americas, writes Colin Sheridan. One represented by Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the other by Zohran Mamdani
Donald Trump never sold himself as anything other than what he really is: An amphetamine. An opioid for the masses. A sugar rush. A cheap alternative to the hard thing. Photo: AP/Charlie Neibergall
Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.
Let me begin at the end: Donald Trump is not the problem. He was never the problem. He was never a politician nor a public representative.
He never had any policies or values, or vision. He never sold himself as anything other than what he really is: An amphetamine. An opioid for the masses. A sugar rush. A cheap alternative to the hard thing. Creatine. A one-night stand that was only ever going to land you in an STI clinic.
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