In­ter­na­tion­al re­la­tions ex­pert Andy Knight is warn­ing that Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar may be “hurt­ing” Trinidad and To­ba­go’s long-term diplo­mat­ic in­ter­ests by align­ing too close­ly with Don­ald Trump, cau­tion­ing that the US leader could soon be­come a “lame duck” pres­i­dent.

A “lame duck” is a po­lit­i­cal leader who is still in of­fice but has lost pow­er or in­flu­ence, usu­al­ly be­cause their time in of­fice is com­ing to an end.

Knight made the com­ments dur­ing a Face­book Live in­ter­view with David Ab­du­lah, where he said the Prime Min­is­ter must recog­nise that US pres­i­dents are tem­po­rary and po­lit­i­cal­ly con­strained.