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…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”