Perhaps she was spending too much time planning Chelsea's wedding, but Hillary Clinton's recent announcement of a strategy to institute more economic sanctions against North Korea was misguided and half-baked.
Government sources say there will be no hasty reaction to Mr Trimble's surprise move, not least because the announcement coincided with the Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid's wedding.
The news finally became public with the official announcement on Monday that the couple would be visiting, some two months before their wedding on 29 April.