Trump the deal-maker is taking advantage of Conservative Party chaos

Analysis: The president wishes to see a no-deal Brexit as that will put America in the box seat when it comes to negotiating a future trade arrangement with the UK

Trump hadn’t been in UK airspace for long when he called Labour’s London mayor, Sadiq Khan, a “stone cold loser”. Not unusual for a president who likes to verbally abuse his enemies, particularly given his long-running spat with Khan – but his bullishness, and the Conservative response, should still worry us.

In the same tweet the president called himself “by far the most important ally of the United Kingdom” and said that Khan had been “foolishly nasty” to him.

It is a sign of the confidence Trump has on these foreign trips, which are designed to stroke his ego and allow him to show his key supporters in the US he is the strong and connected leader they need.