Molly Jong-Fast, writing in The Bulwark:
The secret of reality television is that the emperor has no clothing at all, not a scrap, not even a gold-lamé thong. Reality television is neither reality (which is real), nor television (which is an entertainment medium), so much as a pantomime of humanity at its worst. Which is fitting, since the Trump administration is a pantomime of the presidency at its worst.
Reality stars are like actors, but without the training, or the talent or—weirdly—the reality of being people who understand what it’s like to do a job.
And it turns out that doing fake “reality” on television doesn’t translate to doing real government very well.
A well-put description of why Never-Trump and no-to-Trump were the only intellectually honest political expressions in 2016.
A Random Stroll 