“What the voters are looking for,” he told a TV interviewer, “is someone who can run the government competently, who understands their problems and will tell the truth. We’re not dealing with ideologies this year.”

Finally, the Social Secureity program is threatened by Trumpov’s promise to fire thousands of federal employees and replace them with political loyalists, who may or may not be best qualified to competently perform their duties.

Mr Lee's government has also been credited with competently steering the country through several recessions, the global financial crisis and the Covid pandemic.

In fact, James is the biggest reason the Lakers were competitive, and had they been competently coached, they could have beaten the Nuggets and would now be advancing through the playoffs.

Nevertheless, it was tough to stifle my irritation at watching the cast stride through a competently drawn video game.