Sleeping With the Enemy.

It seems that Donald Trump and Viktor Orbán of Hungary are the very best of pals at the moment, each thinking that the twin suns of a glorious future shine brightly from their respective fundaments. Orbán says that if Trump wins the Presidency, all American military aid to Ukraine will cease. Trump agrees with him. And at their recent meeting they were wearing matching suits and ties – all blue (and dark blue is widely recognised as the colour of authority, which is why police uniforms are that colour.)

This is interesting because Orbán is also best mates with Putin, and it pleases Mr O to point out that if America stops funding Ukraine, the war will be over quickly. (That’s the slightly veiled way of saying that Russia will win, and the real reason for the ‘special military operation’ – to put an extra layer of battlements between Russia and the NATO alliance – will have been successful.) And there have been some pretty strong hints that Trump holds Putin in high regard, and that Putin wants Trump in the White House again.

So what comes next?

You see, it’s always seemed fairly evident to me that the taking of Ukraine is Putin’s attempt to lay the foundations for rebuilding the USSR, which raises the spectre of a new Cold War in which the relationship between America and Europe will not be as firmly cemented as it was during the last one, at least not as long as Trump has any say in the matter. So that has me wondering whether: 1.) We are headed for a very troubled future, and 2.) Supporters of Mr Dunderhead have any idea of the power shift they might be unleashing in November. (It also has me wondering whether there really is some shadowy but powerful third party pulling strings here.)

Fortunately, I’m no expert in foreign affairs, military matters, or the veracity of conspiracy theories, so maybe I’m wrong. But it still doesn’t smell too good.