Call it a win: boredom but no temper tantrums in Burnham’s first face-to-face with America’s King Baby

Meeting at the UN in New York, the UK prime minister showed signs he can handle trash-talking President Trump US politics live – latest updates How do you deal with a problem like The Donald? The simple answer is that you don’t. You can’t. The normal rules of political engagement don’t apply. The US president is like a five-year-old child with the world as his set of toys: a King Baby. Nothing is ever constant or predictable. What’s agreed one day can be forgotten the next. Any deal can be interrupted with a temper tantrum at any time. Trying to second-guess Donald Trump is a fool’s errand. Continue reading...

John Crace · Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:18 PM
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Call it a win: boredom but no temper tantrums in Burnham’s first face-to-face with America’s King Baby

Meeting at the UN in New York, the UK prime minister showed signs he can handle trash-talking President Trump

US politics live – latest updates

How do you deal with a problem like The Donald? The simple answer is that you don’t. You can’t. The normal rules of political engagement don’t apply. The US president is like a five-year-old child with the world as his set of toys: a King Baby.

Nothing is ever constant or predictable. What’s agreed one day can be forgotten the next. Any deal can be interrupted with a temper tantrum at any time. Trying to second-guess Donald Trump is a fool’s errand.

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