Why won’t people read a book before judging it?

Opinion Donald Trumpmakarios drousiotis Why won’t people read a book before judging it? Angry Trump Relevant News Why won’t people read a book before judging it? 3 September 2026 Sea pollution drags on as agencies pass the buck 3 September 2026 Body found in Paphos state forest 3 September 2026 Christos Michaelides 3 September 2026 FacebookXWhatsAppEmailPrintViber “I talk to colleagues in Athens about Makarios Drousiotis all the time. They’re stunned by what I tell them. I don’t know what the Cyprus Union of Journalists is doing about this, if anything. But it’s a disgrace. An embarrassment. The man’s written three books, every one of them footnoted and properly researched. Most of his critics haven’t even read them. And they’re the ones baying for his blood!” I posted on X a few days ago. One reply came from @nikglykos, which threw me a bit, because plenty of his posts are genuinely interesting. This particular one was headlined “Oust,” Greek slang for “shoo,” which, in plain English, means something like “clear off” or, less politely, “why don’t you just sod off?” I didn’t reply. But in his next post, as if to clarify himself, he wrote: “He needs to go to prison (editor’s note: on what charge, exactly? What’s his crime?) and be forced to sell everything he owns to compensate the person he knowingly libelled.” Right, then! The law of the jungle has more sense and decency to it than that verdict. I’m still trying to work out what kind of show we’re watching here. Is it an 18-certificate? Does it need a parental guidance warning? And is its leading man actually the elected President of the United States, or just a thug? Yes. I went looking for a short, rough little word that would capture the man completely. The translation isn’t easy, but here’s roughly how it breaks down: Thug: a criminal type, frequently involved in coercive transactions, deals, or arrangements. Sometimes these characters, thugs, team up with other crooks to see their coercive deals through to completion. For example: one person knowingly drives another to a house with the intention of breaking in, and both of them are thugs. Riding the momentum of taking charge of the most powerful country on Earth, he wasted no time spitting out his poison, branding Haiti, El Salvador and a clutch of African nations “shithole countries” during a meeting on immigration. “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump reportedly asked, according to people briefed on the meeting who spoke to the Washington Post. He singled out Haiti specifically, saying: “Why do we need more Haitians? Take them out.” He then suggested the US should take in more people from countries like Norway. Here are a few more of President Trump’s little gems, which I collect for whenever I’m feeling low and need cheering up: “Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me ‘old’?” “I would NEVER call him ‘short and fat.’ What can I say? I try so hard to be his friend, who knows, maybe someday it’ll actually happen!” And one last one for the road: In his book Trump: The Art of the Comeback, he had plenty to say about women: “Women have one of the great acts of all time. The smart ones act very feminine and needy, but inside they are real killers. The person who came up with the expression ‘the weaker sex’ was either very naive or had to be kidding. I have seen women manipulate men with just a twitch of their eye, or perhaps another body part.” (*) One of Drousiotis’s three books, and, to my mind, meatier than “Mafia State,” is well worth reading: “Crime in Crans-Montana.” Subscribe to our Newsletter Latest News Sea pollution drags on as agencies pass the buck Body found in Paphos state forest People’s pain must come before politics Van driver crashes into parked cars while fleeing police in Limassol (photos) On this day: U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 lands on Mars and sends back photographs in 1976 Cyprus pension reform talks turn to cost of 12% penalty plan Political turmoil in occupied north after deadly Kyrenia catamaran disaster Follow en.philenews on Google News and be the first to know all the news about Cyprus and the world.