The eternal internal conflict of the US is often delineated as between the federal government and the states. Most cities upon which Trump has fixated are governed not merely by Democratic mayors but black Democratic mayors. Quinton Lucas, the mayor of Kansas City, recently spoke to Monocle Radio’s The Foreign Desk about how he is preparing for the storm – when and if it comes. “Trying to predict what Donald Trump will do is like watching The Madness Of King George,” says Lucas. Kansas City has had one Republican mayor since 1930; Missouri, in which Kansas City sits, has delivered its electoral college votes to Donald Trump three times.