And that spat, and the government’s big defence review, was before the United States’ new security strategy, which, in dramatic language, laid bare the approach of the Trump White House. It was before the American strikes on Venezuela, which showed he would act, not just threaten. And it preceded the White House’s re-stated ambition this week to possess Greenland, even using military force – yes, it may go after a member of the defence alliance the US itself is signed up to defend.
