President Donald Trump, center left, and first lady Melania Trump, center right, greet families and hand out candy during a Halloween event on the South Lawn of the White House on Oct. 30, 2025, in Washington. Photo by AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

When Sanae Takaichi met Donald Trump this week, she had some good news. The new Japanese prime minister was nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize . In doing so, Japan followed in the footsteps of the governments of Cambodia, Pakistan and Israel.

Flattering Trump — and catering to his obsessions — is now standard practice for foreign leaders. Sir Keir Starmer, Britain’s prime minister, used his first Oval Office meeting with Trump to unveil an invitation to a second state visit to the U.K. This, he emphasised, was “truly historic” and “u

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