Edward Luce: America’s barbarians inside the gates

Financial Times: How should rational planners — American and foreign alike — respond to whatever Trump throws at them? They have little chance of success unless they see him for what he is. No ideological code can fully capture his actions. Calling him a fascist may offer emotional release but his autocratic impulses stem more from vanity and insecurity than a coherent belief system. Trumpism is whatever he chooses it to be even as he contradicts himself. The key thus lies in Trump’s psychology, which has never been a mystery. His character is hidden in plain sight…