Trump in trouble with his new friends

President George W Bush said Iraq, Iran and North Korea represented an axis of evil. By contrast Donald Trump has made it clear he has three new friends on the world stage who form part of his, shall we say, axis of friendshp. They are, or were, Kim Jong-un of North Korea, Xi Zinping of China and Vladimir Putin of Russia. In each case he sought their friendship and declared them to be good guys whom he wanted to do business with and settle longstanding disagreements. But since then, since his session with Zinping at his Florida golf resort home, his day with Kim in Singapore and his long chat with Putin in Helsinki, it all seems to have gone wrong. Trump is waging a trade war with China that seems to be never-ending, he has approved new sanctions against Moscow for ordering the nerve agent attack in Salisbury and his sweet talks with Kim have fallen to dust because of the North Korean's apparent refusal to start doing anything that smacks of denuclearisation. So much for personal friendship. How much longer will Trump stick with his axis of friendship? Zinping must be furious with him, Putin will feel betrayed - ah there there - and Kim.....well Kim was photographed wearing a sort of vest because it's hot in North Korea. He probably doesn't care what Trump thinks. I have a good idea, Mr President. Why don't you start courting people like the leaders of America's closest allies in Europe? You just might get a better return.