Diplomacy · Intl
Donald Trump has wandered into a Thomas Bernhard novel and made vanity great again
Deon Snyman · Daily Maverick
Published 13 Oct 2026, 8:51 am·just now·1 min read
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The Austrian writer understood the absurdity of human vanity and our endless hunger for recognition. Trump’s furious response to the Nobel peace prize could almost have come from one of his novels – except that this time the narrator is the president of the United States of America.
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