Leaders so board, Don

SOME of America’s closest allies collectively gave Donald Trump's shiny new “Board of Peace’ the diplomatic equivalent of leaving him on unread last week.

- by CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN

‘The launch at the World Economic Forum in Davos drew fewer than 20 countries - mostly Gulf states plus Argentina and Paraguay - with nota single Western European nation bothering to show up, despite the White House expecting 35.

Undeterred by the empty seats, Old Donnie declared everyone present a personal friend, marvelled at his own goodwill, then unveiled his vision of “glorious peace” - pausing only to inform the audience that the entire planet is, in fact, “a region”, He gets worse.