Donald Trump has a point – the world should start solving its own problems | Simon Jenkins

For all his antics on the Mexican border, the US president is right to be withdrawing troops from SyriaFor a Briton to spend time in the US just now is a blessed relief. Whole days pass, and no talk of Brexit. It is as if a pall has lifted from the art of conversation. But the US has its own deep divide, slashing through the populist body politic. It is Donald Trump and “America first”.Trump has become a phenomenon. Like Samson in the temple, he seems able to topple the entire edific