Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law was to be the boy wonder of the new administration fixing a Middle East peace that had defeated multiple presidents, sorting the opioid crisis, reorganising government IT and another ten impossible things before breakfast. Vanity Fair acidly remarked “Given his track record, it’s unclear whether Kushner is even … Read more
The Middle East is on tenterhooks, anticipating what comes next after a series of shock moves by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. His sudden purge imprisoned high ranking Saudi princes and businessmen, and blew one out of the air while trying to escape by helicopter. He appears to have forced the Lebanon … Read more
Hillary Clinton’s misdemeanours are being brandished in a distraction attack to deflect attention from the Mueller investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with Russia. She’s hardly on a par, not being president, but she may still be damaged. Solar Arc Saturn is within weeks of being in a setback/discouraging conjunction to her … Read more
Paul Manafort, former Trump campaign chairman and campaign official Rick Gates have been indicted by a federal grand jury as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. They were indicted on 12 counts, according to court documents, including conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to … Read more
Steve Bannon, the Breitbart voice of populist, nationalist and racist US, is waging war on the Republican Party. A strategist said “He’s funded by billionaires, he has a shallow, catchy message that appeals to marginally-educated fanatics, and his skill at asymmetric warfare seems formidable.” It may be that he is channelling the … Read more
The remaining JFK assassination files, may be released this Thursday as Trump seeks to brew up another publicity storm to distract from his various mishaps, mis-speaks and failures. How much of interest will come if they are opened to public view is questionable though the CIA’s handling of the investigation … Read more
John Kelly just dug himself deeper into Trump’s hole over how not to talk to a soldier’s grieving mother. Kelly in trying to retrieve the situation spoke poignantly about his own son’s death in Iraq, and then proceeded to fabricate a smear against Frederica Wilson, the Democrat Representative for South Florida, who … Read more
A historic moment for China yesterday as President Xi Jinping strengthened his control over his 1.4 billion population and had his Thoughts written into the constitution, an honour previously reserved only for Mao Tse Tung and Deng Xiaoping. He stands for a socialism that is in contrast to western liberalism, democracy and … Read more
The stock market doomsayers are predicting a massive crash in shares, some saying the US markets are over-valued by 80%. They may be just be being their usual catastropherian selves, so who knows? Markets sometimes have a perverse way of running against the economy. The astrology of finance charts isn’t always that great an … Read more
Senator Bob Corker’s anxiety about Trumpian lack of self-control leading to an accidental third World War over North Korea is all the more relevant given his chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and his closeness to Rex Tillerson. Tillerson has already been slapped down by Trump over NK, in a way … Read more