He’s back. Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, has returned to his usual role of propping up the US Empire, this time as a leading figure of Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace.

Now 72, Blair’s blend of US appeasement and an extreme white saviour complex saw Britain jump head first into the US’s disastrous interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq. This time the redoubtable Tony looks set to be the point man for reorganizing Gaza to the liking of Israel’s Netanyahu and the MAGA clique in Washington’s suburbs.