Alpha male

Published October 4, 2015

HE has been insulting a particular class/sect of people for years for being incompetent, weak, and corrupt in themselves.

This alpha male is determined to contest elections on the basis of “getting rid of a particular creed belonging to a specific race”.

This enigma believes in boycotting a certain channel explicitly alleging that it has given him unfair coverage.

He has dyed his hair, has no political background, married foreign women twice, had multiple affairs, has a blind fan following and has an ample reservoir of belief in his infallibility. This self-delusion makes him positively sure that he owns the election.

I am not referring to a local politician but US presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has been dubbed the new laughing stock in the world of politics by the media.

Maha Javeria
Karachi

Published in Dawn, October 4th, 2015

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