Dear colleagues,

My comments were a reaction to George Conway’s attack on Trump. It reflects the disdain of some Americans who reject Trump and his bad behaviour but accept leaders with better personalities but more bankrupt morals. To an outside observer, what matters is the impact that US presidents make on my country and the world generally. When I compare Bush, Trump and Biden, I see one president desperately looking for an excuse to invade Iraq when people were shell shocked by the twin tower attack apparently engineered by Osama and his Saudi Arabian gang. With Trump, I expected a similarly trigger-happy leader. I was surprised when he threw out the Pentagon’s recommendation that he bomb Iran. With Biden, I am aghast at how he and his associates let Israel lead them by the nose (with political funding as sweeteners). When the US is in danger of being ousted by China, why allow distractions like Israel and Ukraine to take precedence? Are they loyal to Americans or to weapons manufacturers? Why doesn’t that create a greater disgust than Trump’s erratic behaviour?