And made a baffling joke about Pearl Harbor during a press conference in front of an alarmed-looking Japanese prime minister. And called the strait of Hormuz the “strait of Trump”, before adding that that was absolutely deliberate because “there are no accidents with me”. It’s strange that this has become a subject seemingly too delicate to discuss in public, given what is at stake. But a less obvious answer is the ferocious loyalty and protectiveness, even love, that longtime service in political trenches breeds. But it’s precisely to override such emotional dilemmas that, in the case of political leaders, constitutional safeguards exist.

Source: The Guardian March 30, 2026 16:54 UTC