"The three of us are the best in the world!"

Thank you thank you thank you! You are the best, and together the three of us are the best in the world!” Joe Biden’s exclamation sounded as if the US President had just awarded an Oscar in Hollywood. Especially since the stage on which Biden stood on Monday afternoon local time is not far from the Dolby Theater. Two hours’ drive south, the head of state had arrived at the Point Loma naval base, together with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. In the background the U.S.S. Missouri off the Pacific, a Navy nuclear-powered submarine.