In the book, The Alchemist, by Paolo Coelho, the boy (Santiago) travels enormous distances and faces gruelling hardships to find the truth about alchemy. He eventually finds that it was possible to make gold, and the man who knew alchemy (the alchemist) was a pious man in the story. This alchemist does not live in the oasis nearby an Arab Bedouin camp, but rather in the White House. Trump’s alchemy is made of con artistry instead of piety and knowledge. While the real alchemist stopped living for gold after he achieved the mastery of alchemy, the con artist-cum-tax alchemist in the White House wanted even the presidency for money.

Source: The Express Tribune October 01, 2020 04:07 UTC