He is incredibly thin-skinned and needed to do something to dispel the growing idea that he is – the very worst thing in the world, in his imagination – a loser.
It doesn’t sit well with his self image as a master negotiator and brilliant deal maker to have caused uncertainly in the markets, and not to secure deals, the “best deals”, for the US.
Trump wants to project an image of strength, at least to give the impression that he is in command of any given situation.
The UK is a “big, highly respected” country. For Trump, who is half Scottish and owns the Turnberry Golf course in that country, the UK may well be a big deal.
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A CNN poll showed that Trump had a 41 per cent approval rating after his first 100 days in office, this time around. Another poll from the network ABC revealed that Trump had a 39 per cent approval rating.
There never was a US President more obsessed with television than Donald Trump. His world has been defined by television. He was, as we all know, a reality TV star before he entered the political arena.
He therefore understands the message that he has probably not handled his first 100 days to everybody’s universal satisfaction. Indeed, these scores are by quite some way the worst approval ratings of any post-war US President after their first 100 days.
He needs to convince his base, at the very least, that there is method in the seeming madness, that there is some plan in place to deliver on his promise of making America “great again”.
A deal with the UK can, for the time being, provide a convenient fig leaf for an otherwise naked Emperor.
Kwasi Kwarteng is a former Conservative MP. He served as chancellor between September and October 2022 under Liz Truss.
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