ON APRIL 30TH Mike Waltz, America’s national security adviser, took his turn in what has become a ritual at Donald Trump’s cabinet meetings: with the cameras rolling the top department heads outdo one another in their praise of the president. Mr Waltz’s turn was hardly the most sycophantic, but he still celebrated Mr Trump for killing terrorists, bringing home American hostages, assembling a great cabinet and restoring the country’s international standing.
