Kwakhala ngisho amazulu. Ngenkathi uDonald Trump eqhubekela phambili ekubeni ngumongameli wama-45 waseMelika ishawa ebandayo ephule iWashington ayizange iphele kwezingathekiso. Nokho, inkulumo yakhe yayikhuluma iphutha. Kwakungekho ubizo oluphakeme, kungekho mqondo wenjongo enkulu, kungekho sithombe esiqhakazile noma umbono omuhle. Lokhu kwakuwukukhahlameza nokungaxolisi ukunxusa ubuzwe ngendlela umuntu ayengalindela ngayo kumuntu ongakwazi ukukhuphukela esenzakalweni ngaphandle kokuba aqale aphikise ngokuzazisa kwakhe.
Kuthiwa omengameli bakhankasa ngezinkondlo futhi baphathe ngephrozi. U-Trump ukhankase nge-graffiti - ukuklwebheka okuyinhlamba komuntu ocekela phansi umuntu ongenangqondo - futhi, uma inkulumo yakhe yokuvula bekunoma yini okufanele idlule, usengabusa kuma-tweets - ukungenelela okuguquguqukayo, okufushanisiwe kwe-narcissist.
Ukube lona bekuwumdlalo we-TV wangempela, ngabe sesiwucimile manje. Bonke abalingiswa abafaneleke kangcono, abanozwela nabanozwela basusiwe. Indoda yokugcina emile iyiqili, i-pathological misanthrope okufanele ukungahloniphi imithetho kukodwa kumenze angafaneleki. Umdidiyeli ngabe uxoshiwe; abakhangisi bebezobhoda. Akekho umuntu osezingqondweni zabo ongafuna okuthile ngakho.
Kodwa kunomehluko phakathi kwe-Reality TV nento ethize ongayibuka ku-TV. Kusukela kujaji omkhulu wenkantolo ephakeme ephethe iBhayibheli likaLincoln phezulu ukuze uTrump afunge emhlanganweni walabo ababengomongameli, yonke inhloso yokugcotshwa iwukugubha intando yeningi evuthiwe. Njengoba i-White House ishiyelwa ekukhethweni okudumile, ihloselwe ukukhombisa ukuqhubeka nokuzinza - isiphetho esifanayo kupolitiki eyabiwe.
ULwesihlanu uzuze okuphambene. Ukubuka uTrump ethatha lesi sifungo kwakuwukufakaza ngobuthakathaka bentando yeningi. Bekungaphawuli nje ukudluliselwa kwamandla kusuka komunye umholi kuya komunye kodwa ukuguguleka kwawona magugu anika lawo mandla ukuba semthethweni.
Lobo buthakathaka abusuki kunoma yimuphi umbuzo mayelana nokuthi uTrump ulunqobile yini ukhetho kodwa ukuthi uluwine kanjani nokuthi lokho kunqoba kubonisani. Kuningi okuthinta intando yeningi kunokhetho futhi kuningi okhethweni kunokuvota nje. Amasiko entando yeningi asekelwa yizinkambiso angagcinanga nje ngokuzishaya indiva (kulelo phuzu wayengeke abe ngowokuqala) kodwa wephula ngendelelo nangentokozo - ekhuthaza udlame emihlanganweni yakhe, ehlukumeza abezindaba, ebhebhethekisa inzondo yobuhlanga, ukubandlululwa ngokwenkolo kanye nokuziphatha okubi.
Ngakho-ke, ukugcotshwa kwakhe kufanekisela ukumangalelwa kwesiko lezepolitiki lonke. Ishiya igxeka iqembu leDemocratic Alliance elingakwazi ukumehlula, iqembu lamaRiphabhulikhi elingeke limphike, inkundla yezokuxhumana ehlulekile ukumcubungula kanye nenkundla yezokuxhumana esakaza amanga akhe ngokushesha okukhulu kunalokho obekungahamba ukucutshungulwa. Bonke batholakala bentula. Manje konke kuzohlolwa.
Lena akuyona inkinga yendawo. Labo aba thatha imigwaqo emhlabeni wonke ukuze ubonise ngokumelene nesikhundla sikamongameli uTrump ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo kungenza kahle ukuhlala lapho futhi amelane nozakwabo emagcekeni abo. Lapho lokhu kusongela intando yeningi kuthinteka khona, iMelika ayihlukile neze.
EWashington, lesi sikhathi sasidabukisa kakhulu ngenxa yalokho esikushintshile. Izilinganiso zokugunyazwa kuka-Barack Obama ziphezulu manje kunalokho obekuyikho isikhathi eside, okusikhumbuza ngokuhleleka okulindelwe ngalolo suku lukaJanuwari olwalubanda qhwa lapho eqala ukuthatha izintambo eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili edlule. Kunjengokungathi ukuba khona kwakhe angeke kuze kuncintisane nesithembiso sakhe noma ukudlula kwakhe emhlabeni.
Ukubuka ephelezela uTrump kulolu hlelo bekuwukubona ubulungiswa bemincintiswano yokunqoba phezu kokungafihli kwepolitiki. Abaningana balabo abanezihlalo ezingaphambili, kuzo zombili izinhlangothi, baphethe ngokuthi uTrump akalifanele ihhovisi aliphethe manje. "Lapho enza izinqumo zokuphila noma ukufa noma impi noma ukuthula," kusho uMichelle Obama emasontweni ayisithupha ngaphambi kosuku lokhetho, "umongameli akakwazi nje ukuphumela obala noma akhulume ngokungenangqondo ... yilolo hlobo lomongameli abazoba yilo.โ
Lowo ngumengameli ofungiswe ngoLwesihlanu. Abukho ubukhazikhazi nobungcweti obungafihla lokho. Kungakho lokho okwakubizwa ngokuthi umcimbi kwazizwa kufana kakhulu ne-charade.
Kungakho futhi abaningi e-US, nangale kwayo, bengenandaba nje nokuthi yini elandelayo; bethukile isibili. Umgadli onamawala noshisekeli manje uselawula amasosha nomnotho onamandla kakhulu emhlabeni. Ukwesaba nobubi kwanqoba. Izandla ezake zabamba umdlwane manje seziyakwazi ukufinyelela amakhodi okwethulwa kwezikhali zenuzi.
U-Gary Younge ungumhleli omkhulu we-Guardian. Incwadi yakhe entsha Ngolunye Usuku Ekufeni KwaseMelika, enyatheliswa ngu-Guardian Faber, iphuma ngo-29 Septemba. Twitter: @garyyounge
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