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'What goes around comes around,' or what Greek mythology says about Donald Trump

  • Written by Rachel Hadas, Professor of English, Rutgers University Newark
'What goes around comes around,' or what Greek mythology says about Donald TrumpDonald Trump's helicopter landing at the White House, Oct. 5, as he returns from being hospitalized at Walter Reed.Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty Images

It’s hard to process the news of the president’s positive COVID-19 diagnosis without having recourse to some kind of mythological system, some larger frame of reference.

Karma, wrote one...

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