Everyone was trying not to mention the one thing on everyone’s mind as they welcomed the US House speaker
S
o. That went well, then. A day after Keir Starmer gently pointed out that the US would be wrong to seize Greenland and that a period of calm diplomacy was needed, Donald Trump goes mad. Again. Having already rubbished the Norwegian prime minister for not awarding him the Nobel peace prize, the US president took aim at the UK prime minister. No good deed goes unpunished and all that.
The Chagos Islands deal was an act of gross stupidity, The Donald posted on his Truth Social platform. No matter that nine months previously he had warmly endorsed it. No one knows if he could even find Diego Garcia on a map. Sure, he can. Next to Greenland. That’s loyalty and consistency for you. And teach Starmer not to take anything he does or says for granted. Let’s face it, not even Trump is entirely sure what Trump will do next. Depends on how he is reacting to his meds on any given day. The world is one step closer to chaos.
Still. Try to look on the plus side. At least Keir didn’t have his personal messages to the president made public. Emmanuel Macron’s refusal to join Trump’s board of peace – not everyone reckons Vladimir Putin is an ideal working partner – had France threatened with 200% tariffs on wine and champagne. It’s hard to keep up with this level of insanity. Maybe Trump is banking on Nato countries giving him Greenland just to make him shut up and go away. Who knows? It could even work.
