One of the very few upsides of Donald Trump’s erratic personality is that sometimes he will “do the right thing”. Pausing for a man-to-man talk with Volodymyr Zelensky as world leaders gathered for the funeral of Pope Francis was one such rare occasion.
The image of the two men, seemingly alone, hunched towards one another in earnest, civilised discussion in the magnificence of St Peter’s Basilica was the “optic” the world needed.
