perhaps the era of free passes is coming to an end

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is the master of the art of exactly landing a savage point, while apparently saying something relatively benign. In Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, when he and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese were asked about the Pope’s plea for peace in the world, the Malaysian PM became one of the first world leaders to venture into the territory of US President Donald Trump’s mental faculties, while managing to stay on the safe side of doing so.