Colin Sheridan: Trump's 'honesty' is immediately cancelled out by his deviousness

Has the US President's hot-mic approach rendered the nuances of mutual respect between statesmen obsolete?

Taoiseach Micheál Martin during a meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington DC.

Some years ago, in a misguided attempt to upskill, I completed a course in digital diplomacy. 

It was the early days of Zoom and Microsoft Teams, when video conferencing was novel to the point of almost being enjoyable. There was a certain thrill in dialling in and seeing strangers on the screen having the same technical issues as yourself.