Floodlit

From the glowing yellow lights of Tehran en route to Hong Kong, to the turquoise waters of the Persian Gulf as seen from the Royal Mirage, I have so many memories from a region now thrown into war.

Participating in yet another quality assessment meeting, it is difficult to shake Trump’s conversational word soup: “Happy World War III season to those who celebrate”. For all its life-ending consequences, it is important to recognize that Trump is, above all, an actor pretending to be president, and whatever greater logic we try to ascribe to his actions, there is something about him that has never truly left that floodlit wrestling arena.