"The strongest men I've known didn't behave anything like Donald Trump. They were capable of restraint, first off. They may have spoken loudly, but they never used volume to enforce authority."
"In the United States, we too often define strength as domination: the refusal to yield, to apologize, to be corrected. We flatten authenticity into the performance of grievance."
"Real strength, even the counterfeit kind, doesn't need this much reassurance. More than that, he reveals them, bringing into the open assumptions about power and masculinity that have long operated just beneath the surface of American life."
Real strength is defined by empathy, listening, and the ability to apologize, rather than by domination or cruelty. Many men exemplify this through their actions, contrasting sharply with the behavior of Donald Trump. Trump’s approach to strength involves mockery and conflict, reflecting a broader societal misunderstanding of leadership. The notion that strength equates to the refusal to yield or apologize has distorted perceptions of leadership, replacing genuine judgment with harmful assumptions about power and masculinity that have long existed in American culture.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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