Trumpworld: Ready Player One!
We assume that Player One in the White House is having fun. Between moments of boredom with the whole thing he appears to enjoy time playing a video game, one like SimCity in which players build their own communities. But the game Donald Trump plays allows him to build his very own TrumpWorld.
So far, his world includes global mapmaking. Nobody serious much cares or thinks that America is elevated and Mexico diminished by renaming the Gulf of Mexico, but for a dedicated gamer it is like calling out other players online. It thrills Player One in TrumpWorld since it represents unilateral might. Then there are the options of making Canada a state, taking Greenland and the Panama Canal by force, or displacing millions of people to create the Gaza Riveria Resort, a luxurious playground for the rich and famous. And this is only the first level!
Trump, who we are told simply doesn’t read much of anything that’s not on a teleprompter, is so completely mes
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