Nothing can trump Trump

Almost a fortnight into his presidency and still the tweet or placard to bring down Donald Trump remains elusive.

Obviously it’s not for lack of effort, if you could call it that. Who would have thought relentless protest and strongly worded postings on social media would do nothing to shift Trump from his chosen course? And it worked so well in the election campaign.

If you start your protest on the day a politician takes office, it sort of leaves you nowhere to go when there’s an actual policy you don’t like. The anger just becomes background noise.

I had hoped to be writing about something other than Donald Trump this week, but a quick glance at the news will tell you that nothing else is happening at the moment apart from everything Trump says and everything he does. And a lot of people being unhappy about it.

I keep expecting the US president to impose himself on the few areas of the news agenda he has yet to dominate, which basically only leaves the sports coverage.

Football managers will inevitably start blaming Trump for disappointing results in post-match interviews: “Well Gary, the lads done well in training but they were distracted by Trump’s travel ban and the prospect of a wall on the Mexican border, so couldn’t string together a decent performance. We’ll take a lot of positives from this and try to put Donald Trump to the back of our minds when we travel to Hull next week.”

Trump famously had his own TV show when he presented the US version of The Apprentice. After a short spell in power, he’s already graduated to having his own dedicated channel. It’s called BBC News for now but the inevitable rebrand to Trump TV can’t be far away.