Timothee Chalamet’s Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown (James Mangold, Director, 2024) is bold, dramatic, and ready to follow his own impulses wherever they would lead. So far, that sounds like Donald Trump. Comparing Dylan and Trump likely sounds irreverent to their very different supporters. But they resemble each other in style, with magnetic power to attract or repel their audiences. Politicians and commentators ignore this power at their peril. The unpredictable Trump brings to mind the “madman” approaches honed by Charles De Gaulle in France and Richard Nixon in the US; they gained political advantage by leaving people wondering Read more