Dhaka, Jan. 8 -- It's easy to denounce Donald Trump as a rogue President and blame the failings of an entire system on an individual who obviously wouldn't pass many tests to prove mental balance. That would settle the problem immediately and end the debate as well. Greater focus on Trump as an individual also seems convenient to paper over the cracks in the system that has produced him, or electoral democracy as it is popularly called.

Some are actually celebrating the chaos at Capitol Hill as a sign of democracy. The turmoil could have been more fun but lives have been lost in the pursuit of democracy. Many would much prefer not to see what was obvious from the first. That the "selling of the President" as a famous book discussing US P...