Britain’s attempt to improve relations with China is viewed by Donald Trump as “very dangerous”. The president chose not to elaborate during his brief remarks at the premiere of his wife’s eponymous film, Melania, which was, understandably, the focus of his attention.
Sir Keir Starmer might well be relieved that Mr Trump didn’t offer a more fiery response (instead, he reserved his scorn for Canada’s recent rapprochement with China), but the prime minister might also have ruefully reflected to himself, “if only”. That is because the paucity of tangible results from this high-profile trip couldn’t be remotely described, even by someone as paranoid as President Trump, as anything close to “dangerous”.
