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Allied leaders extend a hand to US at their peril

Trump snubs them all in one way or the other, except Merkel who has reminded him of America's obligations under Geneva Conventions to accept refugees fleeing war

Published Tue, Jan 31, 2017 · 09:50 PM

London

IT HAD all been going so well.

Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain had just left Washington on Friday evening after a tense but successful first visit with President Donald Trump for a 10-hour flight to Ankara for her next awkward encounter, with the increasingly autocratic Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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