Who wants to be a leader today?

There must be moments when heads of government or state think to themselves: "What on earth am I doing when I could be having a nice quiet life with my family and not worrying about the latest crisis to come round the corner. Trump has had a bellyful of crises, both personal and international, since he came to power in January; and Theresa May, well what can one say, everything and I mean everything has gone wrong and there's probably little she can do to extract herself from the defeat and political disaster that awaits her. Trump is also facing potential disaster - removal from the White House - but he has as yet shown no sign of buckling under the pressure and just shouts at anyone, on twitter generally, who dares to suggest his days are numbered. Theresa May just looks glum, as if an enormous concrete boulder is resting on her shoulders. She walks all humped and bowed, she can't smile and she can't face up to what is hitting her every day. Her struggle to look and sound like a woman grieving for the lost souls in the Grenfell Tower inferno was painful to watch. The Queen, on the other hand, said the right things, looked like she meant it and quietly shed a tear. She was brilliant and the respect on the faces of everyone she met was awesome to behold. Poor Theresa, when she turned up, the crowds hurled abuse at her, called her "murderer" and looked as if they were ready to lynch her. This, of course, was street anarchy and madness on a scary scale, but the anger was understandable. Those who have lost family and friends want answers, they want revenge, they want someone to be held responsible. The disgraceful cowardice of the Kensington and Chelsea council executives who are partly to blame for the lax safety and fire regulation lapses at the tower block under their authority and who communicated to the protesting crowds with a written statement, only made it worse for the prime minister. When she showed herself in public, the crowd just went mad. I felt sorry for the prime minister. She cannot escape blame because she is the leader of our country but Grenfell Tower and the appalling fire and the deaths of around 100 people were not directly her fault. May is trying to steer the country into a bright future post-Brexit, but no one will ever thank her even if she manages a modicum of success in persuading the EU to be nice to Britain. May's future as prime minister is surely doomed. Across the Atlantic, Trump's future looks shakier per day but he isn't having any of it. If he is to go down he will go down shouting and screaming. But at least he will still be a billionare.