Don't despair!

We live in not only a dangerous world, but a surreal and caustic one in which the most powerful and influential man in the world indulges his flights of fantasy in a stream of interminable incoherence and contradiction, with contradictory opinions in taunting an increasingly confused and exasperated public with a constant stream of incoherent messages.
 
Beyond the initial amusement and bemusement of his messages, the longer-lasting effect of Trump’s communication is one of profound destabilisation, and as such, although much of the impact of his comments and policies is utterly wretched, we should also look to them as being an opportunity to transform and entirely re-think how we respond to his aggression.
 
In this vein, the following article, from Rebecca Solnit writing for The Guardian, talks about how, far from being discouraged by Trump’s trail of chaos and destruction, we should be encouraged by people’s growing engagement with what’s happening, and desire to change things:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/13/trump-era-hope-activism-organise-protest?utm_source=eml&utm_medium=emlf&utm_campaign=MB_NS_na_Newsletter_UK_Paid_170718_ID2&CMP_TU=mrtn&CMP_BUNIT=mem&att5=