The ramblings of a petulant child, to think that this orange half-wit, bully is leading the free world! Hopefully things will change and soon!
Around six years ago, the UK's ambassador to the USA was a guy called Sir Kim Darroch. He was a career diplomat, as you'd expect, one of the most senior, able and well respected diplomats we have.
Unfortunately, somehow his confidential briefings to the Foreign office were leaked to the Daily Mail, which then published them. That made his position untenable, and shortly after he was recalled to the UK.
It is interesting, with the benefit of hindsight, to look at some of his observations on the Trump regime - whilst bearing in mind that this was before the Covid epidemic and was well into Trump's first term.
Here are some of the things he said:
"We really don't believe that this Administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional, less unpredictable, less faction-riven, less diplomatically clumsy and inept"
"I don't think this Administration will ever look competent"
"It's unlikely that US policy on Iran is going to become more coherent any time soon"
"For a man who has risen to the highest office on the planet, President Trump radiates insecurity"
"The stories about White House knife fights are, we judge, mostly true: multiple sources and confirmed by our own White House contacts. This is a uniquely dysfunctional environment"
"'This 'America First' Administration could do some profoundly damaging things to the world trade system: such as denounce the WTO, tear up existing trade details, launch protectionist action, even against allies. It could further undermine international action on climate change, or further cut UN funding"
"[A Trump rally was] a sea of the now iconic red MAGA caps. The crowd looked almost exclusively white, with a pretty even mix of men and women, young and old: there were families in every stand. [...] As is standard at these rallies, the language was incendiary, and a mix of fact and fiction – hard to reconcile with Pence's remarks about governing for all Americans"
From time to time I feel genuinely proud of our civil service.
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www.the-independent.com
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