This is Donald Trump on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States. If there is a striking imbalance between the grandeur of the occasion and the triviality of the preoccupations, it is because this reflects the man himself. He sends armies to wage wars that could drain the global economy or even trigger World War III, while at the same time he is consumed on social media with attacks on Jimmy Kimmel, the comedian who persistently ridicules him in his nightly appearances, or with promoting digitally altered images portraying him as a heroic figure, or the Pope of the Vatican, or even elevates him to take on the role of Jesus Christ.
