SCHRÖDINGER'S EXPERIMENT
WHERE IS DONALD J. TRUMP?
© Paolo Bolzoni, May 2026
From a tale of quantum mechanics.

In quantum mechanics, Erwin Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment that illustrates a paradox of quantum superposition. In the thought experiment, a hypothetical cat may be considered simultaneously both alive and dead as a result of its fate being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur.

Let’s make a thought experiment, err, a VERY REALISTIC EXPERIMENT!

The scenario is often featured in debates among world leaders on the interpretations of quantum mechanics, particularly in situations involving a convicted felon who attempts to destroy the world’s order.

In layman’s terms, Trump remains President until the world remains blind, or he is removed from office before.
 
Trump is sitting on his massive gold toilette, locked up in his grand ballroom, along with a device secured against direct interference by the outside world.

Outside the ballroom, King Charles III is ready to storm in and teach the felon a lesson.
But also, with equal probability, perhaps the King decides to mind his own business.

If the King stormed in, his rage would releases a hammer that shatters a small flask with the freedom bell in it.

If one left this entire system to itself till 7 November 2028, one would say that felon Trump is still the President, provided the King didn’t storm in.
If the King stormed in, the freedom bell would have rang.

The psi-function Ψ, of the world’ fate would state this by ignoring the felon, AND remove him from office, mixed or smeared out in equal catastrophic consequences for the entire world.

It is typical of these cases that an indeterminacy, originally restricted to private business sitting on a massive gold toilette, is transformed into macroscopic endless mess for the entire world, which can then be only resolved by locking the felon in a psychiatric swamp in Cuba.

That prevents us from so naïvely accepting as valid a "blurred model" for representing reality. In itself, it would not embody anything unclear or contradictory.
There is a little difference between a shaky, corrupt felon, and a snapshot Armageddon.

After an interval equal to the next war declared by Trump, the felon may or may not be there with the same probability.
It is in a superposition of the two states: in Dirac’s notation, Trump’s state is:

| A ⟩ = 1/√ 2 ( | Trump still there ⟩ + | Trump removed⟩ ).
But since the King outside the ballroom determines the felon’s fate, it should be considered both sitting on his massive gold toilette and removed:

| G ⟩ = 1/√ 2 ( | Trump sacked ⟩ + | Trump still there ⟩ ).
at least until the King observe him by storming into the ballroom.

P.S.
The apparent paradox arises from the fact that in quantum mechanics it is not possible to describe objects classically, and a probabilistic representation is used: to show the fact that a particle can be placed in different positions, for example, it is described as if it were simultaneously in all the positions it can take.

Returning to Trump’s case, however, the above description is incorrect.
Schrödinger refers to the "wave function of the whole system", not to Trump’s.
In fact, quantum theory states that the Trump + world’s order is described by the quantum correlation state.

| A, G⟩ = 1 / √ 2 (| King stormed in, Trump removed⟩ + | King did not storm in, Trump is still President⟩).

Therefore, it is not correct to say that Trump is in a superposition of two states, because the superposition affects the whole system.

The fundamental difference is that the two subsystems, namely Trump is still President and the King stormed in taken individually, are rather described by a statistical mixture.

The uncertainty about Trump’s fate is "classic": he is still President or removed with a probability of 50%, without any interference between the two different states.

Oh Lady Liberty look down here
People decide what they want
We all have equal rights
Not only the MAGA white patriots
Oh my Lady, oh my Lady
Forgive me if I insist
Oh my Lady come down here
We can’t stand it any-more