This is The Guardian's political sketch writer:
It takes all sorts. Standing around under gun-metal skies watching soldiers isn’t many people’s idea of fun but world leaders are a different breed. No bit of pageantry and flattery goes unnoticed. So why not give Donald Trump the full Disney treatment he craves? After all, it wasn’t as if he was going to be allowed to stray outside the Windsor Castle compound and it was better than making the king sit indoors and watch Fox News.
But if Wednesday was the softening up – “You’re great, you’re the best, the world would stop without you. We’ve never done anything like this for anyone else” Thursday was very much the business end of the state visit. And the one moment of real danger for the US president and Keir Starmer. The Chequers press conference at which everything could go tits up. The one bit of the trip that wasn’t entirely scripted.
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On the question of illegal immigration, The Donald had some kind words of advice. Send in the military. Crack a few skulls. Get some target practice in. That’s what he’d done and it had worked a treat. Keir looked twitchy at this. He had returned one Indian to France overnight. That was a start. Luckily, we quickly moved on to global politics again. In breaking news, The Donald declared that he had now ended one of the world’s worst conflicts. Between Albania and Azerbaijan. A war the world didn’t even know was taking place. For the simple reason that it wasn’t. Perhaps I have inadvertently stopped a war between Australia and Turkmenistan.
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Starmer crumpled. The Donald stepped in. He had never heard of Mandy. Never met him. Nothing to see here. This was one for Keir. It’s normally Peter who does the denying three times. This was a lie of epic proportions. Trump had loved Mandy. His lordship was almost ever present at the White House. A ghost of a smile crossed Starmer’s face. Perhaps he should try this bullshit.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/18/trump-sunbed-king-stifles-yawn-chequers-keir-twitches-the-press
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