#Trump100Days 100 Days of Donald Trump's Loneliness
The writer Gabriel García Márquez was repeatedly asked to explain the title of his acclaimed novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” He declined as much as he could.
“This is magical realism,” he said. “Understand it as you wish.” One time, however, he did say that “loneliness is opposed to solidarity.”
Here we understand how we want. The main character of the book — Colonel Aureliano Buendía — is a powerful character. But terribly lonely. He resembles Grigory Melekhov in “And Quiet Flows the Don.” Buendía doesn’t know how to live, whom to fight with, where to lead his people. The colonel cannot find common ground with the people around him. He is not even able to connect with the time he lives in. And so he leads his people to who knows where, to some illusory goal that they themselves have imagined. To a sea that no one reaches and cannot reach, so they have to settle on the shores of a swamp.
The main character of Márquez's book — Colonel Aureliano Buendía — is a powerful character. But terribly lonely.
What do a brave mustachioed young Colombian and elderly Donald Trump have in common? It’s loneliness. “Really?” you might protest. After all, a good portion of the voters who elevated him to the throne still cheer for the “king” with excitement, shouting: “Hooray!” and throwing caps in the air.
However, reality is more multifaceted. Recently we wrote that Trump's approval rating fell to 42 percent. And by April 30, when the first “hundred” of the president is noted, it had already fallen to 39 percent. This is the lowest level of trust at the 100-day mark for any president in American history, but judging by the trend, it is certainly not the limit.
Most Americans currently have two feelings regarding Trump. They are dislike and fear. This includes many of those who supported him in the elections.