Donald Trump vs Alex Salmond: it’s a shame they can’t both lose

Let it be understood that, in the realms of pressmen everywhere, the sight of two blowhards hammering away at one another is worth the silent stoicism of a thousand sensible folk. Let it also be understood that Henry Kissinger’s evaluation of the Iran-Iraq war also applies to the increasingly intemperate – by which I mean entertaining – stramash between Donald Trump and Alex Salmond: It’s a shame they can’t both lose. Today, Alex Salmond* branded Trump a “three-time loser” as the American megalomaniac mogul’s latest challenge to an offshore wind farm that will, he implausibly claims, ruin the views from his Aberdeenshire golf course, was rejected by the Supreme Court. In response, Trump fired-back: “Does anyone care what this man thinks? He’s a has-been and totally irrelevant. […] He should go back to doing what he does best – unveiling pompous portraits** of himself that pander to his already overinflated ego.” Scenes. Mainly joyous ones; some civic too.