The Guardian | Patrick Wintour: Alistair Burt sums up Donald Trump�s policy in the region as �hit them in the nuts first�

America�s �hit them in the nuts first� diplomacy is helping put the Middle East on a dangerous trajectory towards a regional war, Alistair Burt, the UK�s minister for the region until last month, has warned.

On the eve of Donald Trump�s state visit to the UK, Burt told the Guardian what it has been like to be on the frontline of �America First� diplomacy, where �in every argument America has to win and someone has to lose�.

After two spells as Middle East minister covering five years, Burt is the first front-rank former minister to discuss the transatlantic relationship in the Trump era in such honest terms.

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