A knockout for the UK

It was always assumed that Britain, enjoying a “special relationship” with the United States, would be the first foreign focus of any new American president. No longer. Donald Trump made his first presidential visit overseas to Saudi Arabia. And Emmanuel Macron, feted across Washington after a triumphal state visit, is now seen in the White House as Trump’s best friend and the European leader with whom he can do business.

Building on his success, President Macron set off for Australia, underlining Britain’s humiliation by asserting his global role in an Anglophone country long seen as one of Britain’s closest Commonwealth allies.

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