Does the crazy week in Washington signal end of Trump presidency?

AN old friend recalls that whenever he was listening to former US president George W Bush speaking off the cuff, during media interviews or in meetings with foreign leaders, he felt a bit embarrassed for the American president.

Indeed, Mr Bush's improvisational, and incompetent, use of the English language - noting, for example, that he was "misunderestimated" - helped generate a new term, "Bushism", to refer to his unconventional phrases and pronouncements and semantic or linguistic errors. One of the most famous Bushism: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

"When I heard 'W' misspeaking, I sometimes felt like hiding under my bed," my friend reminisces. "But now when I watch President Trump delivering an address or chatting with journalists, I sometimes feel like jumping from the …