×
App Icon
The Standard e-Paper
Read Offline Anywhere
★★★★ - on Play Store
Download Now

The world king is naked, someone tell him

US President Donald Trump. [AFP]

We live in a truly global village. What happens in some remote part of the world will impact on a whole swathe of land on the other side. It is the so-called butterfly effect.

It is said when a butterfly flaps its wings somewhere in a remote pacific island, the effect might mutate into a tsunami on some other shores on the west coast of America. Or put in another way, when America - or more recently China - sneezes, the world catches pneumonia.

Get Full Access for Ksh299/Week
Unlock the Full Story — Join Thousands of Informed Kenyans Today
  • Unlimited access to all premium content
  • Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience
  • Mobile-optimized reading experience
  • Weekly Newsletters
  • MPesa, Airtel Money and Cards accepted
Already a subscriber? Log in