No better evidence can be shown than the NATO summit being held in London ATM. Boris is in the midst of an election and it's like two guys at a party where one of them is so unpopular that his friend says "Yo bro, I know we are friends and all that but man just stay away and don't cock block me here". Apart from the mandatory photo ops the two of them are hardly seen together.

I hate tRump. I think he represents everything that is wrong with his electorate. However I do see him as a symptom of the shortcomings of liberal democracy - although I wouldn't presume that any other form is better. Ultimately I think his rise has more to do with our economic system than our political one. But it's the presumption that an electorate will follow reasoned arguments and pay attention to policy and data that has allowed his rise. While some vote "with their heads", many more are swayed by emotional appeals. And our economic system, predicated upon inequality, leads to a divided electorate with large swathes being susceptible to ideologies that externalize their anger and direct it to various scapegoats. And of course this has all built upon the legacy of the "Southern Strategy". His followers will continue to cherish him simply because everyone else villifies them. I think the most productive approach in battling what he represents is to try to show his followers the absurdity of their beliefs in non confrontational ways. At least until they become violent. I try to use humor when I can. And on other social media sites I try to just post direct qoutes (with references) from factual sources that contradict their arguments. They probably won't be swayed by facts but at least they get presented a factual counterexample and I am not arguing with them.
I am genuinely worried about what will happen when he must leave office, however that happens. I could honestly see him calling for his supporters to come to DC and stop what I am sure he would call a "coup". I think my brother, for one, would go and bring his AR15. He's a rabid tRump supporter. And my Dad might go too - I love them both but find their politics abhorrent. I am genuinely worried.

For me Trump is a complete buffoon and America is found wanting for allowing this aggressive, uncouth ignoramus to retain the car keys after he has already written of your vehicle.

We see him as a threat to the whole world, which he is. We have our own problems here, and having been appalled and amazed at the antics of our own politicians I am reluctant to criticise those who voted Trump into office, because I see the same illogical and disastrous voting pattern in my own countrymen and women. Our Brexit zealots have appealed to the basest instincts of racism and xenophobia in large numbers of British people, and I draw direct comparisons with Trump supporters. I despair of human nature sometimes, but we have to keep trying, by reason, to defeat these populist demagogues and fight even harder to elect people who have the interests of bringing people together and not using divisive tactics and policies to divide and rule, as is happening on both sides of the Atlantic at the present time.