Allies versus IS - Donald Trump’s US Presidency

ANYONE who thinks the election of Donald Trump is a bit of a laugh should think again. 

The most disturbing part of his impending US Presidency is not his misogyny nor — vile though it is — his racism. It is his willingness to engage with Russian President Vladimar Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the war against Islamic State in Syria.

Bashar al-Assad says Trump could be an ally against IS in a war he has prosecuted that has seen the greatest refugee crisis since the end of the second world war.