Fifteen years ago, I read a book by Donald Trump in which he talked about the direct relationship between wearing pointed shoes and having power. I had first encountered Trump in the movie
Home Alone when I was a teenager, where he in effect acted as an extra (a person who plays no direct role). Little did I know that one day he would be the US president. How the US elected a person with such ideas about the relationship between pointed shoes and power will be a historical controversy for years to come.
It is now common knowledge that Trump has lost the presidency to Joe Biden by a wide margin. Biden won 306 electoral votes against 232 for Trump. Furthermore, Biden won more than 81 million popular votes against 74 million for Trump. But Trump is refusing to accept defeat, and it is not apparent how he will leave the White House.