Matt Gaetz, the headline-grabbing Florida Republican congressman, a rabid pro-Trumper and eager conspiracy theorist, is embroiled in a sex scandal that carries real legal jeopardy. It started with reports of sexual relations with a 17-year-old girl and paying for her to cross state lines. (Interstate trafficking of underage children for sex is a federal offence.) … Read more
Lara Trump has been flirting with the possibility of running for senate in 2022 in North Carolina. Though she’s facing a couple of hurdles before then. One is her father-in-law deflating like a punctured balloon and the Trump family facing myriad image-damaging lawsuits as well as financial woes. The other is her connection with a … Read more
Trump will sally forth today at the Republican CPAC to cement (he hopes) his stranglehold on the GOP, aiming for a comeback in 2024. His braggadocio will be undiminished though his popularity is sinking. He left office with just 39% approval and is now hovering at 34% and a majority believe he incited an insurrection … Read more
The Trump impeachment proceedings are almost certain to end with a not guilty verdict despite horrifying video footage of the Capital invasion. But there is nothing indicating cheer on his chart ahead, quite the reverse. Last December’s Sagittarius Solar Eclipse knocked him for six as it hit his Full Moon amidships; and will repeat … Read more
Ivanka Trump, having ridden on her father coat tails for four years – and found her business interests dragged down by the taint of the Trump name – is now in a quandary about her political ambitions, with him still professing an interest in a 2024 run. And she’ll almost certainly be embroiled in some … Read more
A passing pat on the back for the Eclipses which were spot on when it came to Trump and the USA. Especially since today is the next New Moon which can sometimes be a trigger for more of the same. Today’s Capricorn New Moon falls exactly on Trump’s Saturn in Cancer, leaning heavily on his … Read more
“The mob is the most ruthless of tyrants.” Friedrich Nietzsche. ‘You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!’ Shakespeare’s reflections on the mob in ‘Julius Caesar‘ are a reminder they have existed throughout history. The Romans were acutely aware that the crowd of common men had to be treated with caution, kept amiable with … Read more
Trump’s brawling exit from the White House, slashing-and-burning as he goes, leaves (he hopes) a scorched earth legacy for his replacement. It is even for him, nauseatingly destructive. He is, for one, auctioning off portions of the Arctic national wildlife refuge to oil drillers to add to his previous sins against the environment and mother … Read more
Rumours are rife in Scotland that Trump may fly to his Turnberry golf course hotel in Ayr (despite it being closed) on January 19th to avoid the Biden Inauguration next day. It may turn out to be a non-story or he’ll change his mind or Nicola Sturgeon will quite rightly throw a hissy fit over … Read more
Details are just emerging about a shell company set up by Jared Kushner in 2018 to allow Trump and family to bypass federally required financial disclosures on how campaign funds were spent. Over $600 million from the $1.26bn coffers were funnelled through an opaque company with Lara Trump (Eric’s wife) named president, and Mike Pence’s … Read more