Another problematic—bordering on comical—rebranding for the Duchess of Sussex was enough to loosen the death grip Donald Trump and Elon Musk have had on the Attention-Whore Index (and, yes, on the country and the planet). Although Meghan Markle didn’t top the poll—Trump did, with 34.1 percent—she finished a close second (26.6 percent), ahead of new A.W.I. phenom Musk (21 percent).
Impressive. But can a mere duchess continue to hold people’s attention with only some gardening tools, jars of jam, and recurring trademark issues while her closest competitors noisily wage war on America and Americans? You’ll be the judges. But first:
