New Delhi, May 22 -- "You've got to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you." This, according to Politico, was President Donald Trump's verdict when touring George Washington's Mount Vernon estate. The Founding Father failed to name his property after himself and is now entirely forgotten.

In addition to putting his name on stuff, Mr Trump is energetically putting his picture on stuff, too. Gigantic banners bearing what a cabinet member called his "big, beautiful face" hang outside government buildings all over the District of Columbia, as America's capital city is universally known. On the Trump Gold Card, which for $1m allows the bearer to live in America, the president's image is larger than that of the Statue of Liberty. And n...