Trump Courts the ‘Truce of the Bear’ - WhoWhatWhy

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Trump Courts the ‘Truce of the Bear’ - WhoWhatWhy

In 1898, Rudyard Kipling published “The Truce of the Bear,” a strangely haunting poem that recounts the story of Matun, now a blind and aging beggar who had once encountered Adam-zad, a bear who had some seemingly human characteristics and walks like a man. Face-to-face with the bear, Matun could have easily shot him, but he hesitated when the bear stood upright and, with a sad look on his face, clasped his paws together in what Matun took to be…