LIKE the sweating hero trying to diffuse a bomb in a Hollywood movie, Sir Keir Starmer looked a little green around the gills as he took to the podium.
In a historic State Visit that had been stage-managed to the smallest of details, this was the moment of maximum danger.
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President Trump, the master improviser, was primed, as the PM scrambled to work out which wire to cut.
As the questions started, you could almost see the PM standing back, eyes tightly shut and fingers in his ears.
And guess what? The Royal Family, the glorious might of our armed forces, even the wobbly operation in No10, had managed to neutralise the potentially devastating explosion.
We’ve all witnessed jaw-dropping moments when the President goes off script or gets into verbal punch ups.
But after 24 hours of pageantry, the Royal-mad President was overflowing with goodwill towards Britain and our troubled PM.
Trump swatted away the Mandelson scandal with an inconceivable “I don’t know him”.
He sucked his teeth during awkward discussions about Gaza, Putin and trade.
On free speech, he pivoted to the PM to waffle away the danger.
Only on immigration and Net Zero did Trump let fly. Even then he was relatively reserved.
This was clearly a President on good behaviour. Downing Street will chalk it up as a remarkable success after a torrid two weeks.
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