You’re correct. It’s not Trump the man who should concern us, it’s Trump the brand. Trump is a caricature of himself. Ever since the days he partied with Epstein in Manhattan he’s been a self-promoting vessel of whatever people make of him. He is in essence a vacuum that other people fill, then use for their advantage while he easily sucks the life and money out of them. It’s a symbiotic relationship of mutual aggrandizement in a world of money, greed and power. If you aren’t a player, you’re a loser to be used.

What should concern us are the people in his orbit. Trump is the Sun-King, and his gravity attracts and captivates various planets, asteroids, comets and meteoroids. Some stay in their orbit, some fly off into space never to be seen again, still others crash and burn. But they are all part of the Trump solar system.

Trump controls them all with no more effort that his own centripetal force. It’s Trump’s radiation that is lethal.