Donald Trump’s British apologists like to say that he is a disrupter who just throws things up in the air. What they didn’t foresee is that his outbursts would drop like a bomb on their ambitions to win power by emulating Trump and sucking up to the new US administration.

Those on the right of British politics have been thrown into disarray by Trump’s vicious and fallacious attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy and by his willingness to hold friendly talks with Russia while excluding Ukraine and Nato allies.

On the third anniversary this weekend of Russia’s all-out assault on Ukraine, the Trump administration is opposing the use of words “Russian aggression” in a statement by G7 allies. And Trump and his unelected sidekick Elon Musk have taken to calling President Zelensky a “dictator”. 

These opinions are massively out of step with the truth and a direct contradiction of what the British public thinks – and can see with its own eyes.

Only three per cent of the UK public thinks that the war is Ukraine’s fault, according to a new YouGov survey. Nearly 80 per cent want Ukraine to win the conflict. Populist politicians cannot afford to stray too far from public opinion on such a vital issue as national security.

This could yet be an existential crisis for Nigel........

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