The madness of King Trump, America's sulky George III sequel | Ian Martin

Like the deranged King George III, the QAnon lionheart has lost America

He went mad and lost America". A conventional summary of King George III, the tragic figure who took on the colonies, sending in his troops to dominate" the streets and crush resistance. Alas, the war of independence didn't end well, for George anyway. Defeated, bipolar, suffering frequent manic episodes, he retreated to Windsor Castle having nevertheless amassed an impressive library and a reputation for cultured intelligence.

A couple of centuries and 45 presidents later, Old King Trump sits barricaded in the White House doing nothing much. His face puckered into that trademark rosebud of petulance. Barking at underlings. Pretending HE won because a lot of Democrat votes were from dead people and very illegal. His sulky-toddler folded arms, like that time he refused to say a single kind word when fellow Republican and war hero John McCain died. There's something almost majestic about Trump's utter contempt for the office of president.