LETTER: Like Jacob Zuma, Donald Trump plays victim
US president refuses to die politically and has no respect for the institutions of democracy
In Donald Trump the US has a Jacob Zuma-style headache: a former president who lives in his own delusions, believing he is above the constitution and the party. Zuma and his surrogates tell everyone who cares to listen that he is a victim. It does not matter what the Constitutional Court said about his leadership and the Nkandla scandal.
Zuma fought tooth and nail to hang on to power. He continues to fight and play victim. Like Zuma, Trump is a Lernaean hydra that refuses to die politically. He has no respect for the institutions of democracy. In a climate of toxic politics characterised by fear, mistrust and polarisation, his tweets sow mass hysteria and delegitimise the elections. His huge ego blinds him to the damage this is doing to the US people...
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