In The Art of War, the ancient Chinese military textbook, Sun Tzu wrote: "If you wait by the riverbank long enough, eventually the bodies of your enemies will float by."

It’s a good maxim for life. Time and patience bring reward. With all due respect to the master tactician, however, I’d like to update the aphorism for the 21st century: "If you watch TV news long enough, eventually Donald Trump will say something you agree with."

On Tuesday evening, I found myself in the frankly remarkable position of nodding along with Trump. Momentarily, I thought I was going mad. I reckon even semi-regular readers of this column will be aware of my views on the US President.

He is, I believe, a boil on the ass of humanity, a low-life criminal, a danger to democracy, a sexist boor, a grifting conman, an immoral narcissist, a cheap racist, a cowardly bully, a panderer to dictators, a petty and charmless thug, and a lumpen lout unfit to serve the public as a parking attendant let alone the leader of the so-called "free world".

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That said, however, Trump gained my brief and reluctant support when he categorised Israel and Iran as “two countries who don’t know what the f**k they’re doing", during a televised rant before the world’s press.

What was it that I liked about that speech from Trump, I wondered? It wasn’t the content which won me. I believe the Israeli and Iranian governments know precisely what they’re doing.........

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