Though by demanding that America’s allies spend more on their own defence, the President is unwittingly doing us a favour.
The President is often taken literally but not seriously, whereas he should be taken seriously but not literally.
The Israeli Prime Minister senses a chance to finally succeed in his years-long campaign to persuade the United States to bomb Iran’s nuclear programme.
The brutal reality is that Britain needs the country the President governs – and so by extension needs him too.
It can be hard to look past the President’s excesses – but the realities of government and the economy tell a more mixed story than you might assume.
Since the strike on Syria, Bannon’s influence is waning while Kushner’s waxes.