Donald Trump is engaged in one of the biggest battles of his career. After spending millions turning the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool ‘flag day blue’, Trump is combatting a tenacious opponent that threatens to mar his upcoming 4 July celebrations. US National Park service workers spent much of yesterday on a desperate mission – dumping gallons of hydrogen peroxide into the pool to eliminate the ghastly green clumps of algae that have colonised it.  

Trump is awash in a sea of troubles. His name has been removed by court order from the Kennedy Center. His White House ballroom is facing cost overruns amounting to several hundred million dollars. But his most conspicuous setback has come with the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Iran, which the White House refuses to release but says will be signed on Friday in Switzerland.

Netanyahu’s affections are being spurned by Trump

Netanyahu’s affections are being spurned by Trump

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney stated yesterday on CNN that the MoU is a ‘game changer’. It certainly represents a change for Trump. After declaring that he was intent on ‘unconditional surrender’, Trump has abandoned his earlier talk about regime change in Tehran. Instead,........

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