Donald Trump thought it would be a cakewalk. Determined to oust his adversary almost overnight, the US President quickly discovered that he’s far more wily and tenacious than he had assumed. Far from capitulating, his nemesis seems to be on the comeback trail. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell thus announced yesterday that unless a successor is confirmed by the Senate, he has ‘no intention of leaving’.

The bad news keeps mounting for Trump. Inflation is ticking up, King Charles’s impending visit is starting to look rather iffy, his gilded ballroom project looks as though it will be smacked down by a federal judge, and energy prices are rising precipitously. Indeed, a new sticker being plastered on petrol stations across America shows Trump........

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