The Alpha Male

"It's my movie" -- Ken Kesey

Somewhere in the cobwebbed recesses of my brain I remember this line from "The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test" by Tom Wolfe ... a story chronicling the drug-induced antics of the Merry Pranksters led by Ken Kesey. The above quote was this alpha-male's pronouncement ... when challenged by a subordinate ... that he was the director of all the real action.

After eight years of an omega male in the White House, we now have an alpha one. This previous vacuum created a whole pack of wannabe alpha males around the world -- George Soros, Kim Jong Un, Vladamir Putin, Hillary Clinton (note the pantsuit), the media (as exemplified by Joe Scarborough), John McCain, Ayatollah Khemenei, Angela Merkel, Chuck Schumer, James Comey, Xi Jinping -- all not so happy with this interloper, Trump. So now world leadership is being hotly contested ... which results in all the friction we are now seeing.

Will Trump prevail and eventually end up leading the pack of nations? These are a lot of contenders ... but I suspect he will, but a lot of bloody skirmishes will need to take place first.