Last night Donald Trump gave his first official State of the Union address of his second term to declare “our nation is back, bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before.” It was the longest ever State of the Union address at 110 minutes…
Trump promised he “will never hesitate to confront threats to America wherever we must” and vowed that he would “never allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon”. He celebrated the fact that NATO allies have agreed to pay 5% of GDP for military defence rather than the 2% “at my very strong request”. It’s a hard power world…
The day after Starmer U-turned and refused to blame Trump for the war Rachel Reeves told the Mirror:
“Obviously no sensible person is a supporter of the Iranian regime, but to start a conflict without being clear what the objectives are and not being clear about how you are going to get out of it, I do think that is a folly and it is one that is affecting families here in the UK but also families in the US and around the world.”