“I have two little boys and we’re raising them just like Donald Trump,” said US Ambassador Woody Johnson. “Without the hair.” Well, that’s some small consolation.
Cameras gained unprecedented access over a nine-month period for Inside the American Embassy (Channel 4) and it showed. This was a riveting insight into the global view of Brexit and diplomacy in the age of Trump.
The first episode of three followed new incumbent Johnson’s first six months in office, including the embassy’s relocation from Grosvenor Square to its $1bn Vauxhall HQ. The fortress-like building was, we were told, “designed to withstand terror attacks, from truck bombs to chemical weapons”. Intended to sound reassuring,...