COMMENT | I can’t call it a nightmare as it came to me in the afternoon. Besides, it had a certain surreal quality that was unnerving but not unexpected.

Perhaps also, I shouldn’t have been sleeping when everyone else was wide awake, watching the usual goings-on in our country, shaking their heads in disbelief.

In my dream, I was coming back from a business trip discussing US President Donald Trump, trade and tariffs. The flight itself was uneventful apart from a few beers quaffed down with almost religious relish. A screech, bump and thud, and we landed at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

Now, for the sleek Aerotrain to take me like a breeze to the main terminal.

But looking out of the window, I couldn’t believe my eyes! Standing along the waiting Aerotrain was a long line of...