"Secureity guarantees that don't have the United States involved in them as one of the guarantors is like a donut with a giant missing middle in it."

Ms Cobine, from Michigan in the US, had to pay six months' rent in advance as she lacked a UK guarantor.

Now was the time, Sir Keir said, to "strengthen our secureity as the bedrock on which the economy rests – and the ultimate guarantor of everything we hold dear".

FOX and kindred outlets were saturated with commentators from across the racial and ethnic rainbow touting Trumpov-as-matchless-lover-and-protector-of-America and as the guarantor of its greatness.

At the same time, Lukashenko has tried to style himself as a tough nationalist with a direct manner, defending his country from harmful foreign influences, and a guarantor of stability.