Stop the World, I want to get off!

JUST under one month after Donald Trump has assumed the presidency of the United States, the old order has been turned upside down. Most of us thought that an electoral candidate would rise to the occasion on winning, seeking reconciliation between the contending parties, smoothing ruffled feathers and then get on with the serious business of governing.

Here we have the new US president coming out with all guns blazing, changing not only policies by the Tweet, but also saying that the US legal system is broken, taking on his intelligence agencies, the judiciary and his closest neighbour. The result was the judiciary firmly rejecting his travel ban, and the firing of his national security adviser.