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There is no logical explanation for Trump’s behaviour – removing him from office is all that matters

A man capable of tossing his country’s Kurdish allies on to the bonfire of his demented vanities must be reckoned capable of anything

Matthew Norman
Tuesday 08 October 2019 21:05 BST
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Donald Trump claims American military 'didn't have ammunition' before he became president

Before we turn to the latest from the medieval bedlam moonlighting as the West Wing, a preemptive caution against hyperbole.

In the early hours of 9 November 2016, tens of millions assumed that Trump would by this date have incinerated most of the planet. Within minutes of the result being called, “How do you get a New Zealand passport?” became a fashionable Google search.

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