American Napoleon

+Just back from a little trip to The Hague and Amsterdam, happily surviving a rough North Sea on the ferry from Newcastle. It would have been quicker to go from Hull, but in line with the ex-Transport Secretary’s advice I am continuing to boycott P&O. I hope DFDS treat their workers with greater respect. I wonder if on my next trip to The Hague Netanyahu will also be paying a visit. And if he does, and is convicted of war crimes as he should be, where will he serve his sentence? There always seems to be space available in HMP Belmarsh. Never one to miss an opportunity Israel has been bombing Damascus. I wonder if this will encourage friendly relations between the ‘new’ Syria  and Israel?
 
+In a comment tuned into the nineteenth century U.S. doctrine of Manifest Destiny, which sought the continual territorial expansion of the U.S., Trump has expressed the view that Canada could become the 51st state. Somebody should tell him that the U.K. already has some claim to that title. Trump if challenged over his (repeated online) remarks will no doubt dismiss them as just a joke. He’s been here before with his suggestion that the U.S. should buy Greenland. I wonder if Trump can spell ‘sovereignty.’ Canadians may be a bit worried that Prime Minister Trudeau rushed down to Mar-a-Lago to meet the imbecile, although I imagine this had more to do with Trump’s tariff proposals than this other nonsense. Whatever. Even now one Canadian might be preening himself to become Trump’s imperial overlord of the new ‘51st state.’ I refer of course to the convicted criminal Conrad Black, whose delusional ambitions I doubt are blunted in any way by his decrepitude. I am only joking.