THE notion that the UK has a special relationship with the USA is, to put it politely, away with the faeries.

The USA has only one special relationship – and that’s with Israel.

The bonds are explicable by the way successive Israeli governments have corrupted American politics, and they hit the jackpot with Donald Trump.

The man is a charlatan, a master of deception, distraction, and disruption. His cabinet is comprised of individuals who make Faust seem an honest fool.

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They are a mix of disreputable, unreliable, anti-vaccine, anti-science, and fact-denying fanatics – fantasists who are sponsors of the greatest Ponzi scheme of all time.

They are pillaging the coffers of the USA in broad daylight and monetising public office in an unparalleled way.

Watching money-obsessed, third-rate evangelist preachers praying for Trump on cable channels is stomach-churning.

One said: “To disagree with Trump is to disagree with God.” Apart from being blasphemous and idolatrous, for many across the world Trump has become the personification of evil incarnate.

Despite claiming to be the stay-at-home President of Peace, Trump is the Ghengis Khan of this generation, with one exception: Khan actually participated in war and led from the front. Trump is a draft dodger who plays wars as if........

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