There is no settling point to the drama that is Donald Trump. Only escalation, punctuated by declarations of victory.

Governments are still looking for the grand design that makes sense of the bewildering. But around the world the public has been ahead of their governments in understanding that this is a fever of grievance which cannot be controlled; an administration intoxicated with its mission to shock; a rampaging Cultural Revolution that knows how to tear down but not how to rebuild.