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Those proverbial guardrails that kept him in check his first term may no longer be there — Trump has said he will see to that — and with carte blanche from a supine Supreme Court, his maliciousness may be limited only by Trump’s febrile imagination.

Whitehall sources tell me this in part the fault of Downing Street which, they say, is increasingly gripped by caution after a febrile few weeks.

British nationals in Lebanon have no guarantee they will be able to leave quickly if the "febrile and fragile" situation deteriorates, the foreign secretary has said.

The NFT market rode atop a wave of febrile claims that it would remake the market for creative objects and bring riches to starving musicians and artists.

Crucially, he was also seen as cool-headed – a valuable trait during the first febrile months after the Brexit referendum.