Trump’s empire-building leaves the UK looking weaker than ever

One of the best books written about Donald Trump is Audience of One, by a New York Times TV critic. It is about Trump’s lifelong addiction to TV screens. Inevitably, this was how Trump watched the Delta Force raid to abduct Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. Trump told Fox News “it was literally like I was watching a television show. If you would’ve seen the speed, the violence, it was an amazing thing”. The raid – after a lengthy naval build up replete with missile strikes on so-called ‘drug boats’ – was typical of Trump’s approach to military operations. It was…