The so called ‘special relationship’ between the United States of America and the United Kingdom is certainly being tested at the moment.  It is bizarre how the two leaders, if you can call them that, of two supposedly great nations can have their love/hate relationship played out so publicly.  Remember not so long ago that cringe worthy handing over of the King’s invite by the Prime Minister to the President. This amid the fiasco of worldwide tariff hikes imposed by Donald Trump, or the Trump administration at his behest. Remember everyone globally, bar a few, running round in circles kowtowing to Trump whilst trying to get the best deal. Didn’t Trump look pleased with himself at the daily press conferences. And weren’t the United Kingdom falling over themselves with glee that they weren’t part of Europe and could get a better deal. And then we had the Ukraine war fiasco, Trump in his attempt to find peace was prepared to bully and belittle the president of Ukraine publicly.  Actually, was it about finding peace or appeasing Putin, it really is quite unclear. Throw in the mix the genocidal attitudes of the Israeli government towards the Palestinians, supported by the USA, I mean what else could you call it if we are being truthful.  It certainly wasn’t a measured response to Hamas’ atrocities; it is revenge and population clearance.  I say is because that country is still being blockaded.  Trump said he would bring peace in the Israel/Palestine conflict, and he would bring peace to Ukraine.  Neither were nor could be so easily achieved. The response by Trump and his administration, start a conflict elsewhere.  Of course, such a conflict suits Israel and their leader Benjamin Netenyahu.  It allows the Israeli despot to continue in power despite allegations of corruption and war crimes.  It allows Israel to continue its thinly veiled mission to drive the Palestinians out of the area, to land grab by opening up a second front in Lebanon.  And before all this, statements by Trump that he wanted Canada to become another American state, that Greenland should be annexed, by force if necessary, and then of course the regime change in Venezuela, brought about by America’s intervention and let us not forget the murderous attacks on so called drug running boats.  Blowing them out of the water seemed to be part of this what can only be described as real life gamification.  You only have to listen to the rhetoric to realise this is a game to Trump and parts of his administration but with real life consequences.  Eleanor Roosevelt must be turning in her grave as Israel and America attempt to trump each other on Human Rights and International Law violations.  And yet nobody seems to be stopping them, nobody seems to dare, something reminiscent of Hitler’s rise in the 1930s.  Somewhat Ironic given that the Israeli state was borne out of the atrocities of the Hitler’s regime. So, when Trump asked, nay demanded that the UK and others fall in behind the war game against Iran it is hardly surprising that the answer was no. This of course was met by a tantrum, toys thrown out of the pram stuff, that a two-year-old would have been proud of and some ‘really mean’ name calling with regards to the UK prime minister.  Special relationship, more like an infantile friendship? And, when Israel hit Iran’s oil refinery the response from Trump was very much ‘That’s another nice mess you got me into’.   As we watch oil prices go up, as Ukraine fears more Russian attacks funded by the lifting of embargoes by the US on Russian oil, as the people of Gaza and Lebanon fight for survival and as countries around the world ask themselves what next, one thing is certain, we don’t need enemies when we have friends like this.

As Donald Trump said, ‘when crazy people have nuclear weapons, bad things happen’.    I think we’d all agree with that sentiment. Res ipsa loquitur.