The Week Magazine 21st July 2018 Edizione posteriore

STORM DONALD: EUROPE FEELS THE BLAST
When he meets tyrants and dictators like Kim Jong Un, Xi Jinping or Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump “remembers his manners”, said Jonathan Freedland in The Guardian. It’s only when he meets democratic leaders – particularly women – that he likes to play the tough guy, “visiting humiliation” on America’s faithful allies. Last week, Britain provided the US president with a full-dress banquet at Blenheim Palace, followed by tea with the Queen and an itinerary that allowed him to “chopper around” the country pretending there weren’t large crowds gathering to protest their hatred for him. And what did Theresa May get in return? “A series of insults calculated to undermine and weaken her.” Trump trashed May’s plans for Brexit, telling The Sun that she “didn’t listen” to his advice on how to negotiate. Her deal, he said, wasn’t
what people had voted for in the referendum, and would “probably kill” the prospects of an Anglo-American free-trade deal. For good measure, he declared that Boris Johnson would make “a great prime minister”.