Simon Jenkins’ article (He may talk rubbish but Trump has an eye for beauty, and that is a breath of fresh air, 1 August) was for the most part milquetoast Trump apologia, studded with the usual non-criticisms to give an impression of impartiality (yes, Trump does sometimes “talk rubbish”) and lauding one particular droplet in his firehose stream of insanity as some sort of visionary pronouncement (I would argue one of his more significant early actions was to economically attack my country, deride its sovereignty and muse on annexing us, but yes, restoring federal buildings is nice, too.)
Where the article veered into insulting territory, however, was in comparing Trump to Teddy Roosevelt, claiming that both men “seemed to care about America’s natural environment, its forests and deserts, and a role for Washington in their custodianship”.
