UNITED STATES approval of initial reconciliation moves between the two Korean states should not blind us to the reality that President Donald Trump remains a threat to peace.

Trump’s enthusiastic welcome for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bizarre “Iran Lied” press conference confirms the danger that they both pose to the people of the Middle East and central Asia.

Not only would Trump and Netanyahu not recognise the truth if it jumped up and sank its teeth into their backsides but the Israeli leader is constantly on the lookout for dead cats to throw onstage to divert attention away from the many corruption allegations he faces.