Despots with a Difference.

Wouldn’t you love to be a fly on the wall when Trump reaches China on his Asian jaunt? Wouldn’t it be fascinating to watch the body language of the two Presidents, to assess their words and analyse how they’re presented.

Make no mistake; I dislike both the President of China and the Acting President of the USA. They’re both despots in their own way, but there the similarity seems to end.

Xi has the bearing and track record of a Godfather, and he enjoys the unwavering support of the Chinese Establishment and the majority of his vast number of people. Trump is a schoolyard bully whose support is mainly drawn from the feeble minded and those who aspire to benefit financially from hanging onto his coat tails. As for the Establishment, we all know what the media think of Trump, and we all know that most senior Republicans can’t stand the sight or sound of him. And now the military is telling him to rein back his childishly hawkish attitude towards North Korea, while the scientists are saying that his intention to address climate change by increasing coal usage is ‘absurd.’

So if it comes to a battle of wits between a Godfather who has his people behind him and a schoolyard bully who is disowned by most of his own people, who would you favour?