I'm a fighter not a quitter

+Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America is not unprecedented when it comes to renaming things. I was in Scarborough’s Rotunda museum (dedicated to geology) looking at a 19th century map to find our seaside town being lapped by the waters of the German Ocean. The name changed around the time of the First World War, along with (of course) the surname of the royal family. Does it matter that Trump wants to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America? In one sense not really, America after all is rather more than the United States. On the other hand, we should be worried about what this change connotes, which will be a U.S. undersea resources grab. Never mind supporting Ukraine, maybe Trump anticipates using his position as Commander-in-Chief to order his armed forces into more local invasions.
 
+A couple of days ago Mandelson demonstrated contrition over some remarks he made about Trump a few years ago. He said his comments were ‘ill judged.’ He joins a lot of other Labour back peddlers who desperately want to shake the president’s clammy little hand. But do we really need an ambassador who lacks judgement? I wonder how long Mandy will last in this new job. He has a record of quitting.