Sri Lanka, Jan. 26 -- The amount or tracts - maudlin poetry even - appearing in the local media after the inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. President, claiming that people will 'survive', are bizarre. It is particularly odd considering that there is a much better chance of world peace under Trump than under the Democrats. The record speaks for itself in this regard.

Those who predicted that the National People's Power (NPP) would lose the Presidential election rather badly have now taken to saying that we will all have to protect ourselves from the narcissistic and horrible Donald Trump. Probably one spectacular wayward prediction should have made these people a little more introspective about their abilities to presage what's good fo...