Markus Söder hantiert wie kaum ein zweiter demokratischer Politiker mit den sozialen Netzwerken. Seine manchmal etwas peinlichen Inhalte erreichen Millionen, aber der langfristige Erfolg ist noch nicht ausgemacht.

“If someone has the power of the presidency and also has the power to sue and take bribes, then he can do anything to anyone!” - Jesus, to the townsfolk of South Park.

It’s been over a decade now since Grendel emerged from the forest and the metaphors are understandably tired. But a sentence in a recent Mark Helprin piece jogged my amygdala nonetheless. He described the president as someone who “behaves like a wild boar crashing through a field of well-tended crops. (Look carefully at the eyes, and you see it.)”