You think things can’t get any worse and then they do!

In a week that surely marks a gutter-hugging low point in international affairs, there is much cause for worry and grief. From Donald Trump’s spiralling outbursts, threatening to attack Iran’s bridges and power plants, to his “a whole civilisation will die tonight” statement, there seems nothing he will not say or threaten to do.

Confusion and mayhem have been a hallmark of the Trump regime – but this week is a little different. Don’t forget Steve Bannon’s “flood the zone” technique, where wave after wave of news stories are issued by the regime at such a dizzying pace, you cannot keep up. Abominations go unnoticed as the next one crashes over you.

So what’s different this week? Well, the chaos was not all caused by the regime: some of it has been reactive, even panicked, and this has been building for some time. For months, Americans have been making fun of the Trump turn-round. Financial markets have coined the expression ‘TACO’ (Trump........

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