The Tory press is swooning because Mrs May will on Friday become the first foreign leader to visit Donald Trump. Think of that! We are still top of the world; still, after all these years, at the front of the queue to pay tribute to the new emperor of the West.
Despite everything, and the cruel effects of the passage of time, when flirty America wants a relationship, we are what we have always been: ‘the special one’.
As Mrs May herself will tell the president,
So as we rediscover our confidence together – as you renew your nation just as we renew ours – we have the opportunity, indeed the responsibility, to renew the special relationship for this new age. We have the opportunity to lead, together, again.
If there were a semblance of rational thought behind the PM’s ecstatic fantasies, I could forgive the excess. All countries need allies, and British foreign policy has always been based on alliances that promote our national interests.
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