'I know I should care, he's got the nuclear codes, he's a fruitcake, he's destroying world alliances and it's pretty obvious he's manipulating financial markets for himself and his family,' said the leader of a major European country, 'but honestly, I couldn't give a flying f@ck anymore,' he added.
World leaders have come to realise that kow-towing to the Trump administration doesn't insulate their countries from his erratic herky-jerky mood swings. Bucking him does result in enormous sanctions on products US citizens want or need to buy, making it harder for them. For the countries impacted as an exporter it is becoming increasingly obvious that there is a queue of relatively stable countries waiting to take the US share, more if you include the relatively unstable but financially flush countries. 'So, no great shakes there,' said another world leader.
Assassination attempts have been discounted as they would probably trip over fake assassination attempts and someone could get hurt. The wrong person, presumably. Not the person with the nuclear codes.
'We can't kill him, but we can ignore him,' said a World leader. 'But I suppose we could release these Epstein files that I found on my desk this morning,' he suggested.
