Trump’s ascent to a portion of the “Mythic” has become only too evident. As John Greer has observed: It’s becoming difficult even for the most dyed-in-the-wool rationalist to go on believing that Trump’s political career can be understood in the prosaic terms of ‘politics as usual’. Trump the man, of course, is in no way mythic. He’s an elderly, slightly infirm, American real estate oligarch, with lowbrow tastes and an unusually robust ego. “The ancient Greek word muthos originally meant...






















