It's sometimes hard to know when grandpa really has lost it. He rambles on - but then again, he always did. He has fits of anger at friends - but he never was an easy man to get on with. He makes threats which suddenly vanish - but maybe that's just the way to get a good deal.

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But this week, I think and hope, we've got to know for sure that the President of the United States of America is unhinged.

In Davos, he confused Iceland with Greenland: "Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland," he said.

And there was that letter to the president of Norway in which he said, "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace."

Apart from the odd (childlike) capitals, the idea that the world's most powerful man could put a lower priority on peace because of a perceived personal snub displays true derangement.

There was also the revelation from his own mouth that he slapped extra tariffs on Switzerland because its president annoyed him: she "just rubbed me the wrong way, I'll be honest with you," as he actually put it.

Oddly, I take heart from all this. It's the sense of relief you feel when everyone in the family realises that something really must be done about grandpa. He really isn't safe to drive.

It is now obvious to anyone but the sycophants and cultists that Mr Trump is unhinged.

There was a theory that he ducked and dived, that he was a great deal-maker. Those who couldn't see his genius were sneered at for "Trump Derangement Syndrome". It is clear now that the only person with the syndrome is the man himself.

We started the week in deep despair. Mr Trump was threatening to "get" Greenland by any means, military if necessary. We end the week with him having backed down.

An attack by one NATO ally on another would have smashed the alliance which has helped keep Australia safe, even though Australia........

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