Crisis Junkies and How Leaders Turn Disaster Into Devotion

Politicians don’t just weather crises. They guzzle them, roll about in them, and then smear the muck theatrically across their faces like it’s a day spa.

Nothing sends a leader’s pulse racing faster than catastrophe. A flood, a trade war, or a mysteriously timed lettuce shortage, and suddenly, they’re in hi-vis on the evening news, windswept, solemn, and wildly overexposed. Approval ratings spike faster than avocado prices in Bondi.