Don’t fawn over Donald Trump, Mrs May. He will see it as weakness | Andrew Rawnsley

Historic alliances don’t matter to the US president, whose impending visit to Britain will underline the strains in the ‘special relationship’

This week will feature a record-breaker: the most expensive game of amateur golf in British, and probably world, history. A £5m price tag is being put on the Scottish leg of Donald Trump’s visit to these shores.

The Edinburgh government has been told that the Westminster government will pick up the bill for the security around his trip north of the border. Among Theresa May’s advisers, £5m is thought to be a price well worth paying. Hitting small white balls into holes keeps her volatile visitor distracted and off Twitter. As importantly, the trip north of the Cheviots will reduce the amount of time that he is in London, where protests against his presence in Britain are likely to be the largest.

Continue reading...

from US news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2KSlcHU