The president apparently plans to focus on the person he most admires – himself – even if Republicans would rather he didn’t

The US president’s need to assert dominance is igniting patriotism abroad and a backlash at home

They should ask the question Reagan asked at the end of his debate against Jimmy Carter: ‘Are you better off now than you were before this presidency?’

It comes from his willingness to violate all norms, rules and laws – and leaving everyone else to pick up the pieces