The strange either/or world of Don/Donald

In the world of Newtonian physics, an object, say, a cricket ball, can be round as well as red at the same time. In the invisible, equally real world of quantum physics, things get even more interesting and can exist in multiple states at once. So, an electron is both 'here' and 'there' simultaneously. But in the world of Trumpian physics, it turns out, an object can have only one quality. So, you can be tall or thin, orange-haired or competent. And as the ex-president or future president now is propagating, be Indian American or African American. The digs against Kamala Harris being of both Black and Brown descent doesn't seem to exist in the world that Trump and his supporters inhabit. Genetics needn't apply.

To be fair to the paternal grandson of a German immigrant couple who magically also is the son of a Scottish immigrant mother - yes, Trump bhakts, Germany and Scotland were, indeed, two separate countries even back then - Trump's ploy is to keep at it that Harris is not 'Black' enough, and/or plays down her Indian roots to play up her 'Blacknes s' for electoral strategic reasons. Last heard, in the real world, one can be free to be both Indian American and African American, and decide which identity to play up on one's chosen day and/or place. And, no, rumours that Don can't walk and chew gum at the same time are baseless.