Spectacle may win elections, but it cannot solve crises — the world’s problems are complex, not theatrical props

By Geetartha Pathak

Donald Trump’s rant at the UN recently was vintage Trump — loud, defiant, dismissive of science, contemptuous of allies, and steeped in conspiracy. He called global warming a hoax, mocked the Paris Accord as “fake,” demanded that NATO shoot down Russian planes, and lashed out at Europe for recognising Palestinian statehood.

It would be easy to dismiss this as another spectacle. But here lies the danger: Trump’s politics of bluster is no longer an American eccentricity. It echoes in the style of leaders elsewhere — from Narendra Modi in India to Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. Together, they are normalising a global playbook of unilateralism, militarised

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