MIKE RUTHERFORD

"I KNOW A US GALLON IS SMALLER, BUT THERE'S NO GETTING AWAY FROM IT: WE'RE PAYING AROUND THREE TIMES MORE FOR OUR FUEL THAN OUR US COUSINS"

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THE only US president I've ever met and had a one-to-one chat with was Bill Clinton. But I also have previous - well, sort of - with the shy, retiring, meek and mild Donald Trump. One year ago, almost to the day, I warned in this magazine of the dangers of him imposing potentially ruinous tariffs on UK-built cars. By April, I outed him in the mag as "the most powerful car bloke on the planet".

It really doesn't matter to the reigning US President, or American or global 'democracy', if you adore or abhor Dicey Donald. Like it or not, there are no plans for him to vacate the White House. Also, there's zero indication that his sometimes savage negotiating methods, unpredictable nature and pantomime villain act are to be watered down.