Pakistan, May 5 -- Having spent nearly a week here speaking to the usual and unusual suspects, some very high up the political and national security and defense ladder, there is unanimity, to repeat unanimity, on the dire consequences the Trump presidency poses for Britain and much of the world in just 100 days. The gloom, matched by sadness and sorrow seeing the "special relationship" that has bonded the US and UK since World War, is so palpable it is almost visible.

Why? The first Trump presidency was bad enough for the UK but survivable as Trump did not yet grasp the full power or extent of his office. And he was weighed down with two impeachments and four major indictments against him-one very serious set of charges concerning his di...