The crisis of leadership in the West: From the charisma of ideas to the tyranny of public relations

During his official visit to Beijing, President Donald Trump faced a challenge of a peculiar kind. A White House official later revealed that the President was strictly prohibited from using his personal smartphone due to stringent security protocols imposed by Chinese authorities. For a man who views that small screen as an intercontinental political weapon, the measure was nothing short of “disarmament.” Trump’s phone was never merely a tool for communication; it was a launchpad for threats, warnings, and sarcastic remarks capable of shifting global discourse at the swipe of a finger. This single episode encapsulates our contemporary reality: the mobile phone has mutated from a communication device into the primary steering wheel of the modern world, where politics is […]