'A stray remark could undo weeks of planning in seconds'

Royals will face unbecoming republican murmurings from Westminster insiders, despite all of us being in the King’s debt for sparing Britain a Trump-shaped humiliation.

- Esther Krakue

Yet, no amount of bunting can disguise the real domestic problem — Sadiq Khan. Earlier this week, the London Mayor penned a newspaper column — less an intervention than a vendetta, portraying Trump as the embodiment of racism, xenophobia and far-right populism.

That caricature may play well in certain circles, but it ignores awkward facts. Trump’s coalition is broader than his critics admit — he dominated among white voters, yes, but he also attracted nearly half of Latinos and a sizeable share of Asian Americans.