Donald Trump acts as though he is on borrowed time.

Everything he does is at a manic pace, whether it is tearing down the White House East Wing to make way for a ballroom or pumping out a slew of social media posts which make him sound as mad as a March hare. (Example: “Arrest Obama Now.”)

The US President has just ruled that the “Trump-Kennedy” Center in Washington will be closed for two years for “renovation”. A colossal 250 ft “Arc de Trump”, bigger than the one in Paris, will be erected next to Arlington Cemetery’s hallowed ground.

Abroad, a “big armada”, in Trump’s words, is threatening Iran. The US is “running” Venezuela, fomenting secession in Alberta, Canada and not invading Greenland (yet). Tariffs are up, down, off and on, seemingly at whim.

The speed and scale of White House announcements are staggering – sufficient to overwhelm coverage of the Jeffrey Epstein revelations. But I think Trump is in a hurry for other reasons.

Americans have noticed the dark bruising on Trump’s hands, painfully evident last month under layers of concealer next to rapper Nikki Minaj’s alarmingly long, painted fingernails;........

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