That he was having to give an entire interview about his health was telling enough, after months of rumours about physical problems and nodding off in meetings, along with bizarre – even for Trump – public ramblings. At one point, Trump told the interviewer that his father had suffered from “what do they call it?” And pointed to his head. All of which raises the question of how Keir Starmer will change his public stance towards the US President. His early approach was to befriend him, offer him letters from the King and arrange a second state visit. Previously, there seemed to be a method to Trump’s madness, and so Starmer and others could respond with their own method.