In my opinion Pompeo is simply an evil man. It will not end well for anyone if he is confirmed in the position. Of course it might help get Trump "unelected", when Pompeo goes off the deep end. There is something very weird about Pompeo. when I don't like politicians or don't trust them, I turn off the sound and just watch the body language when they speak. it usually speaks louder than their words.
If Pompeo and Trump proceeds as I think they will, the U.S.A. may well become irrelevant on the world stage. They'll have a large armed forces, but that will be it. sort of like the USSR and the early days of Russia, big military but no one paid attention.
Yes, there are some strange laws to suppress Unions in the U.S.A. as you've outline. What is interesting is that the average voter in some of these states, who don't have a lot of money, are keeping them in place. The politicians who keep these laws in place can only do so because voters keep them in office.
In Canada, teachers are made much more, on average in British Columbia its approx. $85K and in Alberta, what you'd call a right wing province, its over $90K a year with pensions, medical benefits, etc.
It is beyond me why people would vote into office people who have no interest in their children's education. Now the U.S.A. has a lot more private schools than Canada, but still you've got to be bat shit crazy to vote for politicians who deprive your children of a decent education.
Of course Trump doesn't care about Syrians. he doesn't care about Americans either. Just look at the lack of response to the Peurto Rican hurricane. He dismantles health care as fast as he can without thought to children or the growing drug crisis. Trump cares only for himself and second those who can further his business interests and flatter him. None of us should expect him to care about other humans. He is only bombing Syria because he thinks it makes him look better to his base, not because he cares about people being gassed. We have only to look at his dismantling of the American EPA.
of course it won't end well, it didn't start well and it has no real meaning. It won't stop the use of chemicals, its just a p.r. stunt put on by Trump and friends. it probably makes the P.M. of G.B. feel important, like they still have some control over the world and I'd suggest ditto for the President of France. Neither of these 3 have any experience in war and have lived fairly privileged lives.
Some one ought to take these war mongers out into a war and leave them there with civilians for a week or so. They might change their minds. Nothing is achieved by any of this. They just want to ensure their supply of oil continues.
Given I'm reading this after Trump o.k.ed the bombing and France and G.B. joined in, it doesn't matter what excuse is used, they were going to do it anyhow. There maybe legal obstacles but when did that ever stop Trump and his Republicthugs? Cohen is under criminal investigation and there may now be evidence that the Steele dossier is correct. Comey describes Trump as being akin to a mob boss..........
Trump will do what he wants, as he has always done. Like who is going to stop him? Its not like some one is going to start a war over his having the air force bomb Syria. Some one at the U.N,. might utter a few platitudes and Nicky will respond, but the deed will have been done. Any how with the notice Trump gave Putin, all the valuable things, like jets were well out of range.
Until Mr. Mueller and his investigation catches Trump things will go as Trump wants them to go.
Fun information. We know Trump avoided the draft because of his bone spurs or cowardliness now it is being report his new good old boy Bolton didn't serve either.
it is most unfortunate, but Trump "will not be mentally incapable of performing the duties of the US President" because there is still much money to be made before they either cart him off to the loony bin, he is arrested by Mueller, or shot by some one who really doesn't like him.
The U.S.A. is a country in decline and it is, my opinion, doubtful it will recover. Could it? Possibly but there will have to be a whole new group in Congress and the Judiciary. Then there is still the small matter of state politics which has a seriously negative effect on life in the U.S.A.
The best we can hope for is Mr. Mueller gets Trump. he is after all the one who prosecuted John Gotti, the Teflon Don. Perhaps he can get donni for us.
Who knows what will happen. A couple of months ago we were concerned he might want to nuke North Korea, now its he might get the world into a war with Russia. Doubt if anyone will follow. Sending a few jets over won't upset the French or Brits, but a full scale war, count the general population out of it.
As to Canada, well as long as Russia doesn't decide to take a short cut to Washington, we'll be O.K. I'm pretty sure N. Korea knows where the 49th Par. is and they aren't a big worry, its Trump. He's so crazy he might invade us because our P.M. is better looking than he is and if his wife tells him so.............who knows.
What is truly funny about all of this is, that he himself is not one of the oligarchs. it is always interesting to me that people like Paul Ryan go out of their way to protect and provide for the financial elite. he himself may be tossed a few crusts, so he is made to feel he is part of the "circle", but really, he isn't and never will be. Perhaps he thinks this is the way his 'god' would like it to be, the rich getting richer and the poor becoming poorer.
If the left thinks Trump will care if they protest, they need to get a grip. Trump doesn't care about anything except himself and how to stay where he is. Protestors are of no consequence to him. He believes he knows better and with Fox egging him on, there will be no change.
Even if there were tens of millions in every major city in the U.S.A. protesting Trump still would stick to his "agenda". people who protest can't do anything to him. Now he might send the military to deal with them, taking the position they are revolting against the government but that is about it. Then expect to see a repeat of Kent State, except on a much bigger scale.
Trump and his billionaire supporters are only interested in money and remaining on the top of the heap.
In answer to the question, no he won't bomb Syria as a distraction. He sent the tweet, advising the was going to bomb Syria to give Russia a heads up and set up a situation which will cause the Americans to not bomb Syria. The Brits and France won't move on it on their own. They may contract out the work to Israel but that would be about it.
The first bombing of Syria after the first chemical attack, didn't do much damage but to do it a second time may piss of Putin. Trump really doesn't care about the people of Syria. He had a momentary lapse, and got over it. Chemicals on children, he doesn't care. Trump, in my opinion, only cares about himself and how well he does and how he can entertain himself.
that stuff coming out of Alberta is something akin to tar and its dangerous. Kinder Morgan is trying to double their pipeline to Burnaby, B.C. and then increase tanker traffic in the Vancouver harbour from one ship a week to 5. this will not end well. That tar in our ocean will be the end of a lot of sea life and it will end up in the ocean. Tax payers will have to foot the bill.
it isn't just American money involved in this. those oil companies in Alberta are owned in large part by Communist China. Not a great progressive country and they don't care about our environment.
Now we have a lovely little show down coming. B.C. has an N.D.P. government as does Alberta. They see things very differently though. Now the P.M. is coming back from Peru to try to settle it.
the sooner we keep Alberta tar in the ground or refine it in Alberta the better off we in Canada and the U.S.A. will all be. when the spills come its the citizens who pay, in taxes, health, environment and all the sea life. On the other hand the governments which permit this to go on, were all voted into office by we the citizens, even if we didn't actually vote for some of them.
We don't need any of this tar. We have electrical power either from solar or we have more than a few dams in Canada.
The American electorate elected him to office. However, he inflicts his craziness on the whole world.
Trump is all about himself and that is it. He is as good as the last person who complimented him. The American public voted him into office. Now they can live with it and the rest may die because of it. the man clearly needs to go.
Macron can not be counted on to help the Kurds. He is only interested in getting himself re elected and his country's own problems, i.e. making France safe for big business.
If S.A. is expected to "pick up the slack" if the U.S.A. leaves it won't. It will take over the areas it wants and extend their own influence. Now what could go wrong with that? S. A. won't be interested in paying for anything. they expect the U.S.A. and other countries to do that. the heir apparent has done his road show to demonstrate what a nice progressive guy he is and now its back to the same old routine we have always had with S. A. S. A. is like the story about the snake, it does it because that is its nature.
Trump perhaps wants the American troops back to please his pal Putin and/or to place those troops on the U.S.A./Mexican border. who knows he may even want to place them at the Canadian border if he doesn't get what he wants from a NAFTA deal.
With Trump leading the U.S.A. its well on its way to becoming a nation which doesn't really count on the world stage. OMG, what will Trump think when no one throws him a big parade when he arrives in their country.
the U.S.A. will eventually become what it was prior to WW II/ the average person not very well off. workers maringalized, etc.
If this continues the day may come the U.N. moves out of N.Y. We do have a great place in Canada, Churchill, Manitoba. Cold, lots of polar bears, no nightclubs, galleries, operas, etc. All there is to do is work. If they don't like that, perhaps Greenland
It is not new and its not positive. Saudi Arabia is not a nice country. They are chief amongst the human rights violators on this earth. One could say perhaps they'd like to be better friends with Israel because they may have the same enemies and they both have the U.S.A. as a friend. They all make money off of the arms deals they have going. In the mean time poor Jordan has to take in more and more people.
Iran may not have a great record on human rights either, but in some areas they are miles ahead of S.A.
Israel is starting to look more and more like a theocracy, much like the U.S.A. and S. A., just all slightly different versions, but they seem to have a dislike for women's rights and people who are "different".
Why would he think Iran would go to war with any one in 10 to 15 years? Like wait a minute. they had a nasty war with Iraq and I've got a feeling Iran isn't interested in war with any one who isn't going to shoot at them first. Its my impression Iran just wants to get on with improving their country. When the sanctions were lifted the first thing they did was "go shopping" in Europe and purchased medical equipment and jets.
My first thought is S.A. would like to see a weakened Iran so they can be stronger and to please the U.S.A. I've got no feelings about Iran these days, its just another country. it just needs to be left alone to do its thing.
Perhaps S.A. sees Iran as a producer of oil and don't want them as a competitor or the U.S.A. would like Iran's oil, who knows, but it might be in everyone's interest to leave Iran alone. They will surely leave everyone else alone.
S.A. needs to have a look at its self. The last time I check the news they were involved in killed thousands and perhaps will kill millions in Yemen. Now that is a prince who ought to be taken to the Court of the Hague. Leave Iran alone.
when I saw that on the news I couldn't stop laughing. the man truly doesn't have a clue. of course he may want to leave so it opens the field for Russia and Syria to do more damage or to have Turkey have a go at the Kurds, who knows.
The comment may only have been the result of his base questioning his ability to deliver. His wanting to move American troops to the Mexican border, to deliver on his promise. He promised to bring troops home, so he will, but to what end?
He complained about the U.S.A. paying too much for NATO. today at a press conference with the 3 Baltic presidents he attempted to get one to agree with him on how He, Trump, go the other countries to pay more of NATO's costs.
The man is an idiot and he says what ever the last person he talks to says. That may have been some brainless wonder from Fox News.
As to Assad and the Islamists, both are equally awful and murderous. One is not better than the other. They both kill people who don't agree with them. Assad just wears a better suit.
Now if Trump wants the American military out of Syria its most likely to please his base or Russia.
I just hope with the next bunch he goes to war with they remember where the 49th par. is. Canada is just north of it and we don't want to get shot at by any one.
give it about a couple of weeks and the honey moon will be over and Trump will start tweeting/looking for some one news, sort of like his marriages..........
You truly do need a "score" card to keep track of this war and you've done an admirable job of providing it. given the country is in ruins, you do have to wonder why the S.A. keep fighting there. Really, it might be all about whose side each side is on, but what is there left to fight about? these people have to be nuts. The country is in ruins, the people are dying, what is there left to fight about or is this just a place for other countries to try out their weapons.
Firing the heads of the armed forces isn't going to solve anything unless S.A. simply pulls out. Don't waste all the money the Americans did in Vietnam.
Its just another war which seems crazy to keep going. There just isn't anything left to fight about and you do have to wonder where is the U.N. Perhaps its time to scrape them also. Its not like they're doing much of anything anywhere. its a big fat waste of money.
happy to read things are improving for the people living in Iran. The U.S.A. is a declining nation, so really why pay attention to them. They don't care if their own citizens get murdered or die due to lack of health care, so we know they won't care about other nations. its good Europe has seen the light and is moving on to the benefit of all the countries there.
Some American politicians rant on about the "evil" Iran, but lets get real. The U.S.A. has approx. 33K killings per year via guns. I'd hazard a guess that Iran doesn't, even on a prorated basis.
As Iran progresses economically, so will they politically. there is a whole new young generation out there.
The president of Turkey is another person who ought to be arrested and sent to the Hague for trial. Not nice.
given Turkey is a member of NATO, it is about time the rest of NATO kicks them out. They may keep them there to keep them from be coming part of the Russian "group" but really, when you lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas and given what Turkey is going, I as a citizen of Canada don't want this case of fleas. Time to write my P.M. once he gets back from dancing in India.
this afternoon I took out my copy of the "book of the dead". Its a record of the Jews killed in Rotterdam during the Holocaust. Then I turn on the news and see the Syrian government is bombing civilians in a city "to soften" them up because they want the "rebels" out of it. they kill children, deliberately. why the president of Syria isn't being arrested and put on trial is beyond me. When I watch the news I do wonder what is left of Syria to fight over? Really I do. Syria appears to be in ruins and the cost of repairing it would run into the trillions I am sure. Why are they still fighting?
Benni over in Israel, really ought to be arrested and tried in The Hague. My recollections of my parents and their friends discussing the war years in the Netherlands, I do wonder what is so different between Benni and the SS and the Dutch Nazis.
They put Germans and French and Polish on trial for war crimes. Its about time they put some others on trial because their sins are no less than those of WW II.
As Mother always said, there was on law for the rich and one for the poor. Today it would be, one law for the powerful nations and one for the poorer, less powerful nations. Not much changes, but it is very, very sad.
If the State of Israel can send Bennie to trial and he is found guilty, who knows there might be hope for peace in the Middle East yet. Of course it will leave Trump lonely, but he too may wind up in jail, if the Americans get lucky.
How the world found peace and got on with life: found the leaders guilty of financial crimes and they wound up in jail. Nice story. Good ending. They look like a couple of thugs to me and nothing has changed my mind about that. They both are taking their country into undemocratic directions,.
OMG, I couldn't stop laughing when I saw it on the news. Best news in years! So much for their white Nazi b. s. Now they just need a nice big article regarding the rest of Europe on this. It might shut up some of those neo Nazi's they have in the U.S.A., hey like dtrump.
The U.S.A. is a "has been" country compliments of Trump and yes it may put China in a position they don't want to be at this time. It was very clear the other night at the O.s. Pence showed up late at a VIP soiree and there wasn't a seat for him. Now he was to go on to an American athlete event, however I can't remember when there wasn't a seat available for the American Pres or VP. at anything. The message was clear: the U.S.A. is no longer a player on the world stage. Well it did run out of money twice in a month, only really poor families do that or families which grossly mismanage their finances. The Pres and V.P. of the U.S.A. simply don't know how to behave themselves in public, good manners, etc.
The American stock market is all over the place and I'd suggest it has more to do with the country not having a budget, twice, and a country which may be on the brink of a Macarthy era again. When it looks like the Pres. of a major country is acting like a tin pot dictator money flees, no seats available at the main table, etc.
Its scary living right about the 49th parallel and not because of N. Korea.
The Americans lost a great opportunity at the Os also when the sister of Kim 3 was in the VIP box with Pence and others. Had he stood up, turned around and extended his hand and welcomed her, it would have gotten a lot of positive press. But no the bible pounder kept up his oh so unchristian behaviour. Mother always said it costs you nothing to be polite and nice.
Glad to see some one has put it in writing, It is ethnic cleansing. thank you for writing the truth.
When I read about ICE "rounding up" people and putting them in concentration camps it just reminds me of how the NAZIs rounded up the Jews in Europe, holding them in camps prior to being "deported" to the main concentration camps for them to be killed. In the case of the U.S.A. people will be sent to countries where there is a very good chance they will be murdered. Just another e.g. of how dtrump is making American Great AGAIN. OMG. he simply can't be invited to anything anymore. It wouldn't be that different from inviting people like Hitler and Mussolini.
The U.S.A. needs to be taken out of the equation when it comes to any peace negotiations. They contribute nothing. Peace talks might better be moved to Switzerland and a mediator brought in from one of the Scand. countries or Taiwain or Japan. Some country which is not affiliated with the mess.
Trump doesn't want peace in the area. He wants Benni to be happy and Benni is just another thug.
Any negotiations need to be based on equal footings. As to the Americans not contributing to the health and welfare of the children of Palestine, well have the other countries kick it up a notch and leave the Americans just out of it. It is time to send Trump and his supporters a message: You don't want to play nice, you don't play at all.
No one gave Israel all of Jerusalem. It contravenes international law to just grab another's land. Sort of like Russia grabbing parts of Ukraine. Israel needs to negotiate with the Palestinians in a meaningful manner and the rest of the countries need to get over their guilt from WW II. Israel was founded because the western countries were consumed with guilt following WW II. Like if they had taken refugees there might not have been quite the number of dead in the gas chambers. Israel can't keep playing their equivalent of a "race card" and do to Palestinian children what the Nazi's did to Jewish children. the end result was a lot of dead kids.
I support Israel and its right to exist, I'm just not into Benni's shit. It smacks of racism which has nothing to do with the defense of Israel. Our grandfather was the only surviving member of his family after the Holocaust. Our Mother used to say, it could always happen again. We just didn't know this time it would happen to the Palestinian children.
some people simply don't want to spend a nickel of their hard earned money in a country which elected Trump. heard that from people.
some don't want to deal with the American immigration officers at the border. been told you're going to be strip searched while you're some senior middle class female, that is enough to can a vacation.
they want to search your phone, etc . not likely,. some even have started leaving their equipment at home.
if you are a person of colour, why risk it. you could get yourself killed.
Once the U.S.A. was considered a safe place to go on vacation. Now not so much. the police appear to be out of control. Once upon a time you considered going to the U.S.A. from Canada as no more than driving down the road. now it seems more like a second world country and when you go on vacation, who wants to go to a place like that. Hawaii is still considered a reasonable place to go, but if Trump keeps scaring people with his sabre rattling, who knows. A lot of Canadians don't consider N. K. as much as a threat to peace as Trump.
These days Mexico is a better bet than the U.S.A. for many. with all the shootings in the U.S.A. some feel a Mexican resort is much safer.
The King of Jordan ought to have done what the Palestinians did, not meet with pence. Its a waste of the King's time. it is amazing Jordan has been able to hold it together. If the Americans want to ensure the King of Jordan remains alive and on the throne, they might want to steer clear of his country. They aren't doing him any favours by visiting, but then pence and trump most likely don't understand that either.
The U.S.A. is always up for a war, regardless of the reason. it keeps their citizens minds off of their own problems. It is strange that the other countries want the Kurds to remain in their countries when the Kurds have no interest in doing so. why not let them go.
The Kurds did a lot of heavy lifting during the war in Iraq, its time to pay them back and that ought not to be with a knife but rather their own country.
The Kurds do seem like a much more reasonable people than some of the other countries such as Iraq, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
Nice to see Americans working on this. The State of Washington is more progressive than other parts of the U.S.A. so its a great place to start. They sit on B.C.'s border so any progress the State of Washington makes will make things better in B.C.
In Canada we will have carbon taxing. However much we work on reducing our emisions, we still have a country with 350 Million sitting next to us who has a federal government which is doing nothing beyond dismantling the environment and laws around it. About all enviornmentlsts can do in the U.S.A. is work within their State system for the time being.
interesting post. of course not many would expect Trump to stop his golf game for anything which has to do with the citizens of any state. It is just another demonstration that Trump doesn't care about the citizens of the USA nor the duties of his position. its just power for the course.
Khan's reaction to it all is priceless. First he sits down to read the paper and then resumes his speech. As they would say, priceless. Your warning is well advised. Hitler didn't have that much support at the polls either, but he won and stayed in power until a world war unseated him. My take on it is, the U.S.A. may have another civil war if Trump keeps up doing what he is. As a Canadian I'm not keen on that. Most of us live approx. within 150 miles of the border.
It may well be more difficult for American businesses to do business in countries Trump has been so rude towards. However, business people being business people they will still go with the best deal. However, politicians in these countries will have different attitudes and may choose other countries to do business with or ally themselves with.
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Trump is rather ignorant and doesn't understand world diplomacy and doesn't care either. He barely understands his own country and that is only those of his own class. It is doubtful Trump truly understands the damage he has done to his country. Whether Americans understand what he has done, well we may see that at the up coming elections.
Norweigans most likely think the U.S.A. is a shit hole with it's racism, class war fare, poverty, and lack of health care, and oh, all the guns they carry around. of course Trump isn't aware that there are Norweigens of colour and of the Muslim faith. some one ought to ask him if those Norweigns are welcome.
Shrinking populations in countries such as Japan is serious for the country. Japan has never been keen on immigration, but given its current decline in numbers is actually changing its immigration rules and accepts immigrants. It is interesting because when Vietnam fell Japan would not take any refugees. they were willing to give other countries money to take them, but they didn't want to disrupt their country. Now I'm sure they wish they had of taken refugees.
what Trump also doesn't understand is the children who were born in the U.S.A. will be able to turn when they are older. When they are 21 they will be able to sponsor their parents. In the meantime Trump is going to disrupt lives, economies, businesses, etc. He might also get a lot of gangsters back when they turn 21. They are American citizens.
Its entertaining that Trump is not complaining about Russian anchor babies though. But then that may be because their mommies are staying at Trump hotels until the birth of junior.
In my opinion Trump is a racist and an embarrassment to his country. Most of the Republicans in the room when Trump made the comments are either racists also or gutless. Lindsay Graham was the one who stood up and did the right thing.
Bennie and his family really need to go. Its better for Israel and the rest of the world. No wonder he and Trump get along so well, both have sons who really need a dose of reality.
The only thing I can put the lack of repair in P.R. down to is racism. Trump thinks its O.K. to pass the tax bill which will add over a trillion to the American national debt but providing schools for American citizens is spending too much money.
Perhaps P.R. ought to look at joining another country. France did a good job of getting aid to their territory. If they joined Canada, they'd receive aid, and we in the frozen north would have a place to go on vacation in the winter without requiring a passport or extra health insurance. Works for a lot of us.
What Trump said, if said by just about any one else, would be considered a joke. Unfortunately Trump doesn't understand climate change and wouldn't care if he did. He seems to have forgotten the wild fires in California of earlier this month.
He doesn't even seem to understand some of his real estate may become condos for fish.
I really wish the Egyptians hadn't done this. Its going to give Pence and his ilk ideas. Can hardly wait for the evangelical Americans to start a similar movement.
The world would be a whole lot more peaceful if it weren't for religion.
Yes, it is agreed the Queen met with some very nasty characters in her role. However, those countries always had problems. In the case of Trump, it isn't the country which is the problem but the leader who is a "pig", maker of false statements, racist, homophobia, all in an era when some of those other nasty world leaders have improved a tad, a very little, but its progress. To entertain Trump in G.B. says his conduct is just fine. he got to have dinner with the Queen. To say, no you can't have dinner with the Queen sends the message, you need to pull your socks up. Your manners aren't up to snuff.
There is also the point these other leaders "behaved" themselves while visiting with the Queen. With Trump who the hell knows what he will say or do. He might get up and give a speech which could require the member of the Royal House to leave the room. Its possible, so why risk it. The guy is mud.
Agree with the Mayor of London. I certainly don't want him in Canada. Trump's wife is welcome, but not him. Why would they want some one like him in G.B. You'd have to count the silver after he left any State event. If Theresa May wants to talk to Trump, she can travel to the U.S.A. Trump just wants a picture for his wall with the Queen.
Trump is a racist and his presence in G.B. at the invitation of the P.M. would simply rate her as a racist also. Its not like the country needs him to visit. He doesn't bring anything to the table except bad manners and inability to conduct himself appropriately.
Saudi Arabia ought not to have been awarded the rights to hold the tournament. If a country is to be permitted to hold international tournaments, then they must be willing to allow all other countries to enter to participate and no cultural/religious conditions ought to be imposed.
By allowing Saudi Arabia to impose these conditions, the federation is saying the conditions are just fine.
In the same vein, the U.S.A. ought not to be awarded any Olympic games or any other international competitions, as long as they continue to impose their "Muslim ban" or their police continue to beat and kill African American citizens without cause.
guess this is the Saudi version of the old classic shake down. Come to think of it some years ago, Putin did something similar to oligarchs who became politically active. They got their freedom, moved out of the country, etc. Not a bad racket. wonder when it will start in the U.S.A. Oh, right it did, they passed that tax bill and it works the other way round, the billionaires get more money.
Great title for an article and great advise for Trump. It would also be great for all those who would have to fight in a war and it would be great if all those children in Iran didn't have to have their lives upset because Trump wants a war.
Wars are expensive. On the other hand, there are corporations who make sooooooo much money out of wars and a lot of those are friends of Trump and Haley's.
Haley has her nose so far up Trump's ass, she must be coming out of his nose by now. If she keeps this type of "act" up at the U.N. people will simply start ignoring her as just Trump in a dress. Her threats are straight out of Trump's play book and although it might make him happy, the rest of us, not so much. Every time I see Hailey flapping her gums at the U.N. I just think, OMG, is that the best the U.S.A. can do. Like anyone can sit and read out of a book.........
Now of course the next thing is: who joins in the "war"? Europe may not be up for it. G.B. may not fair so well, the brits have other things to deal with than an expensive war. Most of Europe remembers the last "invasion".
As a Canadian I will not want our country to engage in any type of war in the middle east. I don't think I know any body who would want a war with Iran. Another war means more children killed. More children traumatised. Its not as if we can't take more refugees, but why force people to relocate just because some guy in Washington D.C. has a small dick. If Trump wants a war, let him put on the combat boots and carry a rifle and let him do a little fighting of his own, oh, and have the sons and son in law enlist. At one time rulers of countries led their people into battle, perhaps we ought to do that again. Bet there wouldn't be many wars. Can you just imagine Benni and Donnie having to survive on rations......
I'm sure he said it at one time. He wants to curry favour with the right wing in Dutch politics. There is a strong anti Muslim attitude amongst some Dutch. The ambassador needs to keep his mouth shut. Its not polite to make waves in the country you are a guest in.
If he took out the word Muslim and inserted, Jews, see how far he would get.........The ugly American is alive and well. O.K. Dutch American. with a last name like his, you can bet his ancestors came from the Netherlands.
This isn't about money. This is the beginning of censorship as we have not know it in the U.S.A. A fascist, in my opinion, is the President of the U.S.A. and he is implementing his agenda. Here is another step.
This should come as no surprise to those who follow American politics. Moore who was defeated this evening in Alabama thought the amendments to the constitution after the 10th ought not to be there. that includes the amendment outlawing slavery and giving women the vote. Not much has changed in the U.S.A. since the civil war for those of colour, especially if they're poor. As one friend who moved to the U.S.A. said, you can tell when a come to a poor area with a non white population, city services have stopped. They were shocked, given the streets of Vancouver, British Columbia got cleaned by city workers regardless of the income level, back in the day. Now they're all pretty much millionaires.
In Indiana, there are disgusting areas of pollution, like something you might imagine you would see in China and India, but no, right in Indiana. can hardly wait to see what Pruitt will do with the rest of the U.S.A. Lead levels were 3 times the rate of Flint, Michigan in some parts of Indiana. Perhaps they ought to put Pruitt and Trump on a diet of that water.
Trump statements ought to simply be ignored. He may think Jerusalam is the capital of Israel and wants to move the American embassy there, but he may be out of office one of these days, so who cares. Obviously may people do, but to riot and endanger themselves, what is the point? The American president isn't going to change his position on this. It would be best to simply wait until he is gone and in the meantime take the fight to the U.N.
There is no reason to not continue the quest for a Palestinian homeland, their own country, their own passports, etc.
What definitely needs to happen is for Israel to be taken to an international court to stop stealing land from the Palestinians to build settlements. Stealing is stealing AND Its not a good thing.
Maloken, regarding your comment of making the U.S.A. a fascist state, It been there for awhile already. Just haven't done the formal paper work. Once the formal paper work is done expect there to be lots of refugees going to Mexico and Canada.
The Americans get to vote, but the process is rigged. Once you have a look at their state politics, its even worse. There isn't a whole lot of freedom in the U.S.A. unless you're rich, white, and connected. Just have a look at the video of the cop killing the man in Arizona and being declared "not guilty". It was on the CBS news Friday evening.
As to having influence in the middle east, perhaps it might be best if Iran were the leader, because the Saudi's aren't the brightest and best or the most progressive. Its not like they've done much for their fellow Arabs, Muslims, etc. Their leadership is elitist and not that focused on their own citizens, especially women. Now I'm not saying Iran is a feminist strong hold in the world, but next to Saudi Arabia, they look good.
Its small wonder there was a revolution in Iran, the Shah was an elitist and the opposition to him, had been a religious leader. Its one of those situations again, where the U.S.A. backed the wrong guy.
Some of the Trump administration wanting a war with Iran, yes it is possible and even probable, but they'd like a war with anyone. Its about selling araments and a war is good for business. If they can't have a war with Iran, watch for them to start one in Somolia or some other country else where in Africa. They can't have a real war with N. Korea, it would end too soon with a nuke and that is so bad for business.
The thing I've always found weird is Saudi Arabia really hasn't done much for the people who were displaced after the founding of Israel. They do seem to come from the same school as Trump. If you're not part of my team, I don't care about you.
In my opinion Pompeo is simply an evil man. It will not end well for anyone if he is confirmed in the position. Of course it might help get Trump "unelected", when Pompeo goes off the deep end. There is something very weird about Pompeo. when I don't like politicians or don't trust them, I turn off the sound and just watch the body language when they speak. it usually speaks louder than their words.
If Pompeo and Trump proceeds as I think they will, the U.S.A. may well become irrelevant on the world stage. They'll have a large armed forces, but that will be it. sort of like the USSR and the early days of Russia, big military but no one paid attention.
Yes, there are some strange laws to suppress Unions in the U.S.A. as you've outline. What is interesting is that the average voter in some of these states, who don't have a lot of money, are keeping them in place. The politicians who keep these laws in place can only do so because voters keep them in office.
In Canada, teachers are made much more, on average in British Columbia its approx. $85K and in Alberta, what you'd call a right wing province, its over $90K a year with pensions, medical benefits, etc.
It is beyond me why people would vote into office people who have no interest in their children's education. Now the U.S.A. has a lot more private schools than Canada, but still you've got to be bat shit crazy to vote for politicians who deprive your children of a decent education.
Of course Trump doesn't care about Syrians. he doesn't care about Americans either. Just look at the lack of response to the Peurto Rican hurricane. He dismantles health care as fast as he can without thought to children or the growing drug crisis. Trump cares only for himself and second those who can further his business interests and flatter him. None of us should expect him to care about other humans. He is only bombing Syria because he thinks it makes him look better to his base, not because he cares about people being gassed. We have only to look at his dismantling of the American EPA.
of course it won't end well, it didn't start well and it has no real meaning. It won't stop the use of chemicals, its just a p.r. stunt put on by Trump and friends. it probably makes the P.M. of G.B. feel important, like they still have some control over the world and I'd suggest ditto for the President of France. Neither of these 3 have any experience in war and have lived fairly privileged lives.
Some one ought to take these war mongers out into a war and leave them there with civilians for a week or so. They might change their minds. Nothing is achieved by any of this. They just want to ensure their supply of oil continues.
Given I'm reading this after Trump o.k.ed the bombing and France and G.B. joined in, it doesn't matter what excuse is used, they were going to do it anyhow. There maybe legal obstacles but when did that ever stop Trump and his Republicthugs? Cohen is under criminal investigation and there may now be evidence that the Steele dossier is correct. Comey describes Trump as being akin to a mob boss..........
Trump will do what he wants, as he has always done. Like who is going to stop him? Its not like some one is going to start a war over his having the air force bomb Syria. Some one at the U.N,. might utter a few platitudes and Nicky will respond, but the deed will have been done. Any how with the notice Trump gave Putin, all the valuable things, like jets were well out of range.
Until Mr. Mueller and his investigation catches Trump things will go as Trump wants them to go.
Fun information. We know Trump avoided the draft because of his bone spurs or cowardliness now it is being report his new good old boy Bolton didn't serve either.
it is most unfortunate, but Trump "will not be mentally incapable of performing the duties of the US President" because there is still much money to be made before they either cart him off to the loony bin, he is arrested by Mueller, or shot by some one who really doesn't like him.
The U.S.A. is a country in decline and it is, my opinion, doubtful it will recover. Could it? Possibly but there will have to be a whole new group in Congress and the Judiciary. Then there is still the small matter of state politics which has a seriously negative effect on life in the U.S.A.
The best we can hope for is Mr. Mueller gets Trump. he is after all the one who prosecuted John Gotti, the Teflon Don. Perhaps he can get donni for us.
Who knows what will happen. A couple of months ago we were concerned he might want to nuke North Korea, now its he might get the world into a war with Russia. Doubt if anyone will follow. Sending a few jets over won't upset the French or Brits, but a full scale war, count the general population out of it.
As to Canada, well as long as Russia doesn't decide to take a short cut to Washington, we'll be O.K. I'm pretty sure N. Korea knows where the 49th Par. is and they aren't a big worry, its Trump. He's so crazy he might invade us because our P.M. is better looking than he is and if his wife tells him so.............who knows.
good line........
What is truly funny about all of this is, that he himself is not one of the oligarchs. it is always interesting to me that people like Paul Ryan go out of their way to protect and provide for the financial elite. he himself may be tossed a few crusts, so he is made to feel he is part of the "circle", but really, he isn't and never will be. Perhaps he thinks this is the way his 'god' would like it to be, the rich getting richer and the poor becoming poorer.
If the left thinks Trump will care if they protest, they need to get a grip. Trump doesn't care about anything except himself and how to stay where he is. Protestors are of no consequence to him. He believes he knows better and with Fox egging him on, there will be no change.
Even if there were tens of millions in every major city in the U.S.A. protesting Trump still would stick to his "agenda". people who protest can't do anything to him. Now he might send the military to deal with them, taking the position they are revolting against the government but that is about it. Then expect to see a repeat of Kent State, except on a much bigger scale.
Trump and his billionaire supporters are only interested in money and remaining on the top of the heap.
Its Friday night and boy was I wrong. The bombing began about supper time, B.C. time. oh, well ...........wrong again........
In answer to the question, no he won't bomb Syria as a distraction. He sent the tweet, advising the was going to bomb Syria to give Russia a heads up and set up a situation which will cause the Americans to not bomb Syria. The Brits and France won't move on it on their own. They may contract out the work to Israel but that would be about it.
The first bombing of Syria after the first chemical attack, didn't do much damage but to do it a second time may piss of Putin. Trump really doesn't care about the people of Syria. He had a momentary lapse, and got over it. Chemicals on children, he doesn't care. Trump, in my opinion, only cares about himself and how well he does and how he can entertain himself.
that stuff coming out of Alberta is something akin to tar and its dangerous. Kinder Morgan is trying to double their pipeline to Burnaby, B.C. and then increase tanker traffic in the Vancouver harbour from one ship a week to 5. this will not end well. That tar in our ocean will be the end of a lot of sea life and it will end up in the ocean. Tax payers will have to foot the bill.
it isn't just American money involved in this. those oil companies in Alberta are owned in large part by Communist China. Not a great progressive country and they don't care about our environment.
Now we have a lovely little show down coming. B.C. has an N.D.P. government as does Alberta. They see things very differently though. Now the P.M. is coming back from Peru to try to settle it.
the sooner we keep Alberta tar in the ground or refine it in Alberta the better off we in Canada and the U.S.A. will all be. when the spills come its the citizens who pay, in taxes, health, environment and all the sea life. On the other hand the governments which permit this to go on, were all voted into office by we the citizens, even if we didn't actually vote for some of them.
We don't need any of this tar. We have electrical power either from solar or we have more than a few dams in Canada.
The American electorate elected him to office. However, he inflicts his craziness on the whole world.
Trump is all about himself and that is it. He is as good as the last person who complimented him. The American public voted him into office. Now they can live with it and the rest may die because of it. the man clearly needs to go.
Macron can not be counted on to help the Kurds. He is only interested in getting himself re elected and his country's own problems, i.e. making France safe for big business.
If S.A. is expected to "pick up the slack" if the U.S.A. leaves it won't. It will take over the areas it wants and extend their own influence. Now what could go wrong with that? S. A. won't be interested in paying for anything. they expect the U.S.A. and other countries to do that. the heir apparent has done his road show to demonstrate what a nice progressive guy he is and now its back to the same old routine we have always had with S. A. S. A. is like the story about the snake, it does it because that is its nature.
Trump perhaps wants the American troops back to please his pal Putin and/or to place those troops on the U.S.A./Mexican border. who knows he may even want to place them at the Canadian border if he doesn't get what he wants from a NAFTA deal.
With Trump leading the U.S.A. its well on its way to becoming a nation which doesn't really count on the world stage. OMG, what will Trump think when no one throws him a big parade when he arrives in their country.
the U.S.A. will eventually become what it was prior to WW II/ the average person not very well off. workers maringalized, etc.
If this continues the day may come the U.N. moves out of N.Y. We do have a great place in Canada, Churchill, Manitoba. Cold, lots of polar bears, no nightclubs, galleries, operas, etc. All there is to do is work. If they don't like that, perhaps Greenland
It is not new and its not positive. Saudi Arabia is not a nice country. They are chief amongst the human rights violators on this earth. One could say perhaps they'd like to be better friends with Israel because they may have the same enemies and they both have the U.S.A. as a friend. They all make money off of the arms deals they have going. In the mean time poor Jordan has to take in more and more people.
Iran may not have a great record on human rights either, but in some areas they are miles ahead of S.A.
Israel is starting to look more and more like a theocracy, much like the U.S.A. and S. A., just all slightly different versions, but they seem to have a dislike for women's rights and people who are "different".
Why would he think Iran would go to war with any one in 10 to 15 years? Like wait a minute. they had a nasty war with Iraq and I've got a feeling Iran isn't interested in war with any one who isn't going to shoot at them first. Its my impression Iran just wants to get on with improving their country. When the sanctions were lifted the first thing they did was "go shopping" in Europe and purchased medical equipment and jets.
My first thought is S.A. would like to see a weakened Iran so they can be stronger and to please the U.S.A. I've got no feelings about Iran these days, its just another country. it just needs to be left alone to do its thing.
Perhaps S.A. sees Iran as a producer of oil and don't want them as a competitor or the U.S.A. would like Iran's oil, who knows, but it might be in everyone's interest to leave Iran alone. They will surely leave everyone else alone.
S.A. needs to have a look at its self. The last time I check the news they were involved in killed thousands and perhaps will kill millions in Yemen. Now that is a prince who ought to be taken to the Court of the Hague. Leave Iran alone.
when I saw that on the news I couldn't stop laughing. the man truly doesn't have a clue. of course he may want to leave so it opens the field for Russia and Syria to do more damage or to have Turkey have a go at the Kurds, who knows.
The comment may only have been the result of his base questioning his ability to deliver. His wanting to move American troops to the Mexican border, to deliver on his promise. He promised to bring troops home, so he will, but to what end?
He complained about the U.S.A. paying too much for NATO. today at a press conference with the 3 Baltic presidents he attempted to get one to agree with him on how He, Trump, go the other countries to pay more of NATO's costs.
The man is an idiot and he says what ever the last person he talks to says. That may have been some brainless wonder from Fox News.
As to Assad and the Islamists, both are equally awful and murderous. One is not better than the other. They both kill people who don't agree with them. Assad just wears a better suit.
Now if Trump wants the American military out of Syria its most likely to please his base or Russia.
I just hope with the next bunch he goes to war with they remember where the 49th par. is. Canada is just north of it and we don't want to get shot at by any one.
give it about a couple of weeks and the honey moon will be over and Trump will start tweeting/looking for some one news, sort of like his marriages..........
You truly do need a "score" card to keep track of this war and you've done an admirable job of providing it. given the country is in ruins, you do have to wonder why the S.A. keep fighting there. Really, it might be all about whose side each side is on, but what is there left to fight about? these people have to be nuts. The country is in ruins, the people are dying, what is there left to fight about or is this just a place for other countries to try out their weapons.
Firing the heads of the armed forces isn't going to solve anything unless S.A. simply pulls out. Don't waste all the money the Americans did in Vietnam.
Its just another war which seems crazy to keep going. There just isn't anything left to fight about and you do have to wonder where is the U.N. Perhaps its time to scrape them also. Its not like they're doing much of anything anywhere. its a big fat waste of money.
happy to read things are improving for the people living in Iran. The U.S.A. is a declining nation, so really why pay attention to them. They don't care if their own citizens get murdered or die due to lack of health care, so we know they won't care about other nations. its good Europe has seen the light and is moving on to the benefit of all the countries there.
Some American politicians rant on about the "evil" Iran, but lets get real. The U.S.A. has approx. 33K killings per year via guns. I'd hazard a guess that Iran doesn't, even on a prorated basis.
As Iran progresses economically, so will they politically. there is a whole new young generation out there.
The president of Turkey is another person who ought to be arrested and sent to the Hague for trial. Not nice.
given Turkey is a member of NATO, it is about time the rest of NATO kicks them out. They may keep them there to keep them from be coming part of the Russian "group" but really, when you lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas and given what Turkey is going, I as a citizen of Canada don't want this case of fleas. Time to write my P.M. once he gets back from dancing in India.
this afternoon I took out my copy of the "book of the dead". Its a record of the Jews killed in Rotterdam during the Holocaust. Then I turn on the news and see the Syrian government is bombing civilians in a city "to soften" them up because they want the "rebels" out of it. they kill children, deliberately. why the president of Syria isn't being arrested and put on trial is beyond me. When I watch the news I do wonder what is left of Syria to fight over? Really I do. Syria appears to be in ruins and the cost of repairing it would run into the trillions I am sure. Why are they still fighting?
Benni over in Israel, really ought to be arrested and tried in The Hague. My recollections of my parents and their friends discussing the war years in the Netherlands, I do wonder what is so different between Benni and the SS and the Dutch Nazis.
They put Germans and French and Polish on trial for war crimes. Its about time they put some others on trial because their sins are no less than those of WW II.
As Mother always said, there was on law for the rich and one for the poor. Today it would be, one law for the powerful nations and one for the poorer, less powerful nations. Not much changes, but it is very, very sad.
If the State of Israel can send Bennie to trial and he is found guilty, who knows there might be hope for peace in the Middle East yet. Of course it will leave Trump lonely, but he too may wind up in jail, if the Americans get lucky.
How the world found peace and got on with life: found the leaders guilty of financial crimes and they wound up in jail. Nice story. Good ending. They look like a couple of thugs to me and nothing has changed my mind about that. They both are taking their country into undemocratic directions,.
OMG, I couldn't stop laughing when I saw it on the news. Best news in years! So much for their white Nazi b. s. Now they just need a nice big article regarding the rest of Europe on this. It might shut up some of those neo Nazi's they have in the U.S.A., hey like dtrump.
The U.S.A. is a "has been" country compliments of Trump and yes it may put China in a position they don't want to be at this time. It was very clear the other night at the O.s. Pence showed up late at a VIP soiree and there wasn't a seat for him. Now he was to go on to an American athlete event, however I can't remember when there wasn't a seat available for the American Pres or VP. at anything. The message was clear: the U.S.A. is no longer a player on the world stage. Well it did run out of money twice in a month, only really poor families do that or families which grossly mismanage their finances. The Pres and V.P. of the U.S.A. simply don't know how to behave themselves in public, good manners, etc.
The American stock market is all over the place and I'd suggest it has more to do with the country not having a budget, twice, and a country which may be on the brink of a Macarthy era again. When it looks like the Pres. of a major country is acting like a tin pot dictator money flees, no seats available at the main table, etc.
Its scary living right about the 49th parallel and not because of N. Korea.
The Americans lost a great opportunity at the Os also when the sister of Kim 3 was in the VIP box with Pence and others. Had he stood up, turned around and extended his hand and welcomed her, it would have gotten a lot of positive press. But no the bible pounder kept up his oh so unchristian behaviour. Mother always said it costs you nothing to be polite and nice.
Glad to see some one has put it in writing, It is ethnic cleansing. thank you for writing the truth.
When I read about ICE "rounding up" people and putting them in concentration camps it just reminds me of how the NAZIs rounded up the Jews in Europe, holding them in camps prior to being "deported" to the main concentration camps for them to be killed. In the case of the U.S.A. people will be sent to countries where there is a very good chance they will be murdered. Just another e.g. of how dtrump is making American Great AGAIN. OMG. he simply can't be invited to anything anymore. It wouldn't be that different from inviting people like Hitler and Mussolini.
The U.S.A. needs to be taken out of the equation when it comes to any peace negotiations. They contribute nothing. Peace talks might better be moved to Switzerland and a mediator brought in from one of the Scand. countries or Taiwain or Japan. Some country which is not affiliated with the mess.
Trump doesn't want peace in the area. He wants Benni to be happy and Benni is just another thug.
Any negotiations need to be based on equal footings. As to the Americans not contributing to the health and welfare of the children of Palestine, well have the other countries kick it up a notch and leave the Americans just out of it. It is time to send Trump and his supporters a message: You don't want to play nice, you don't play at all.
No one gave Israel all of Jerusalem. It contravenes international law to just grab another's land. Sort of like Russia grabbing parts of Ukraine. Israel needs to negotiate with the Palestinians in a meaningful manner and the rest of the countries need to get over their guilt from WW II. Israel was founded because the western countries were consumed with guilt following WW II. Like if they had taken refugees there might not have been quite the number of dead in the gas chambers. Israel can't keep playing their equivalent of a "race card" and do to Palestinian children what the Nazi's did to Jewish children. the end result was a lot of dead kids.
I support Israel and its right to exist, I'm just not into Benni's shit. It smacks of racism which has nothing to do with the defense of Israel. Our grandfather was the only surviving member of his family after the Holocaust. Our Mother used to say, it could always happen again. We just didn't know this time it would happen to the Palestinian children.
some people simply don't want to spend a nickel of their hard earned money in a country which elected Trump. heard that from people.
some don't want to deal with the American immigration officers at the border. been told you're going to be strip searched while you're some senior middle class female, that is enough to can a vacation.
they want to search your phone, etc . not likely,. some even have started leaving their equipment at home.
if you are a person of colour, why risk it. you could get yourself killed.
Once the U.S.A. was considered a safe place to go on vacation. Now not so much. the police appear to be out of control. Once upon a time you considered going to the U.S.A. from Canada as no more than driving down the road. now it seems more like a second world country and when you go on vacation, who wants to go to a place like that. Hawaii is still considered a reasonable place to go, but if Trump keeps scaring people with his sabre rattling, who knows. A lot of Canadians don't consider N. K. as much as a threat to peace as Trump.
These days Mexico is a better bet than the U.S.A. for many. with all the shootings in the U.S.A. some feel a Mexican resort is much safer.
If it weren't for the Kurds the Americans would have been lost in the regional wars. Next to Jordon they are one of the most stable groups there.
How Trump plans to "deal" with is good buddy the pres. of Turkey will be entertaining.
The King of Jordan ought to have done what the Palestinians did, not meet with pence. Its a waste of the King's time. it is amazing Jordan has been able to hold it together. If the Americans want to ensure the King of Jordan remains alive and on the throne, they might want to steer clear of his country. They aren't doing him any favours by visiting, but then pence and trump most likely don't understand that either.
The U.S.A. is always up for a war, regardless of the reason. it keeps their citizens minds off of their own problems. It is strange that the other countries want the Kurds to remain in their countries when the Kurds have no interest in doing so. why not let them go.
The Kurds did a lot of heavy lifting during the war in Iraq, its time to pay them back and that ought not to be with a knife but rather their own country.
The Kurds do seem like a much more reasonable people than some of the other countries such as Iraq, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Syria.
Nice to see Americans working on this. The State of Washington is more progressive than other parts of the U.S.A. so its a great place to start. They sit on B.C.'s border so any progress the State of Washington makes will make things better in B.C.
In Canada we will have carbon taxing. However much we work on reducing our emisions, we still have a country with 350 Million sitting next to us who has a federal government which is doing nothing beyond dismantling the environment and laws around it. About all enviornmentlsts can do in the U.S.A. is work within their State system for the time being.
interesting post. of course not many would expect Trump to stop his golf game for anything which has to do with the citizens of any state. It is just another demonstration that Trump doesn't care about the citizens of the USA nor the duties of his position. its just power for the course.
Khan's reaction to it all is priceless. First he sits down to read the paper and then resumes his speech. As they would say, priceless. Your warning is well advised. Hitler didn't have that much support at the polls either, but he won and stayed in power until a world war unseated him. My take on it is, the U.S.A. may have another civil war if Trump keeps up doing what he is. As a Canadian I'm not keen on that. Most of us live approx. within 150 miles of the border.
It may well be more difficult for American businesses to do business in countries Trump has been so rude towards. However, business people being business people they will still go with the best deal. However, politicians in these countries will have different attitudes and may choose other countries to do business with or ally themselves with.
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Trump is rather ignorant and doesn't understand world diplomacy and doesn't care either. He barely understands his own country and that is only those of his own class. It is doubtful Trump truly understands the damage he has done to his country. Whether Americans understand what he has done, well we may see that at the up coming elections.
Norweigans most likely think the U.S.A. is a shit hole with it's racism, class war fare, poverty, and lack of health care, and oh, all the guns they carry around. of course Trump isn't aware that there are Norweigens of colour and of the Muslim faith. some one ought to ask him if those Norweigns are welcome.
Shrinking populations in countries such as Japan is serious for the country. Japan has never been keen on immigration, but given its current decline in numbers is actually changing its immigration rules and accepts immigrants. It is interesting because when Vietnam fell Japan would not take any refugees. they were willing to give other countries money to take them, but they didn't want to disrupt their country. Now I'm sure they wish they had of taken refugees.
what Trump also doesn't understand is the children who were born in the U.S.A. will be able to turn when they are older. When they are 21 they will be able to sponsor their parents. In the meantime Trump is going to disrupt lives, economies, businesses, etc. He might also get a lot of gangsters back when they turn 21. They are American citizens.
Its entertaining that Trump is not complaining about Russian anchor babies though. But then that may be because their mommies are staying at Trump hotels until the birth of junior.
In my opinion Trump is a racist and an embarrassment to his country. Most of the Republicans in the room when Trump made the comments are either racists also or gutless. Lindsay Graham was the one who stood up and did the right thing.
suggestion: send benni and Donnie's sons out some night, get it all on tape and both countries might be rid of the families and make the world safer.
Bennie and his family really need to go. Its better for Israel and the rest of the world. No wonder he and Trump get along so well, both have sons who really need a dose of reality.
The only thing I can put the lack of repair in P.R. down to is racism. Trump thinks its O.K. to pass the tax bill which will add over a trillion to the American national debt but providing schools for American citizens is spending too much money.
Perhaps P.R. ought to look at joining another country. France did a good job of getting aid to their territory. If they joined Canada, they'd receive aid, and we in the frozen north would have a place to go on vacation in the winter without requiring a passport or extra health insurance. Works for a lot of us.
What Trump said, if said by just about any one else, would be considered a joke. Unfortunately Trump doesn't understand climate change and wouldn't care if he did. He seems to have forgotten the wild fires in California of earlier this month.
He doesn't even seem to understand some of his real estate may become condos for fish.
I really wish the Egyptians hadn't done this. Its going to give Pence and his ilk ideas. Can hardly wait for the evangelical Americans to start a similar movement.
The world would be a whole lot more peaceful if it weren't for religion.
Yes, it is agreed the Queen met with some very nasty characters in her role. However, those countries always had problems. In the case of Trump, it isn't the country which is the problem but the leader who is a "pig", maker of false statements, racist, homophobia, all in an era when some of those other nasty world leaders have improved a tad, a very little, but its progress. To entertain Trump in G.B. says his conduct is just fine. he got to have dinner with the Queen. To say, no you can't have dinner with the Queen sends the message, you need to pull your socks up. Your manners aren't up to snuff.
There is also the point these other leaders "behaved" themselves while visiting with the Queen. With Trump who the hell knows what he will say or do. He might get up and give a speech which could require the member of the Royal House to leave the room. Its possible, so why risk it. The guy is mud.
Agree with the Mayor of London. I certainly don't want him in Canada. Trump's wife is welcome, but not him. Why would they want some one like him in G.B. You'd have to count the silver after he left any State event. If Theresa May wants to talk to Trump, she can travel to the U.S.A. Trump just wants a picture for his wall with the Queen.
Trump is a racist and his presence in G.B. at the invitation of the P.M. would simply rate her as a racist also. Its not like the country needs him to visit. He doesn't bring anything to the table except bad manners and inability to conduct himself appropriately.
Saudi Arabia ought not to have been awarded the rights to hold the tournament. If a country is to be permitted to hold international tournaments, then they must be willing to allow all other countries to enter to participate and no cultural/religious conditions ought to be imposed.
By allowing Saudi Arabia to impose these conditions, the federation is saying the conditions are just fine.
In the same vein, the U.S.A. ought not to be awarded any Olympic games or any other international competitions, as long as they continue to impose their "Muslim ban" or their police continue to beat and kill African American citizens without cause.
guess this is the Saudi version of the old classic shake down. Come to think of it some years ago, Putin did something similar to oligarchs who became politically active. They got their freedom, moved out of the country, etc. Not a bad racket. wonder when it will start in the U.S.A. Oh, right it did, they passed that tax bill and it works the other way round, the billionaires get more money.
Great title for an article and great advise for Trump. It would also be great for all those who would have to fight in a war and it would be great if all those children in Iran didn't have to have their lives upset because Trump wants a war.
Wars are expensive. On the other hand, there are corporations who make sooooooo much money out of wars and a lot of those are friends of Trump and Haley's.
Haley has her nose so far up Trump's ass, she must be coming out of his nose by now. If she keeps this type of "act" up at the U.N. people will simply start ignoring her as just Trump in a dress. Her threats are straight out of Trump's play book and although it might make him happy, the rest of us, not so much. Every time I see Hailey flapping her gums at the U.N. I just think, OMG, is that the best the U.S.A. can do. Like anyone can sit and read out of a book.........
Now of course the next thing is: who joins in the "war"? Europe may not be up for it. G.B. may not fair so well, the brits have other things to deal with than an expensive war. Most of Europe remembers the last "invasion".
As a Canadian I will not want our country to engage in any type of war in the middle east. I don't think I know any body who would want a war with Iran. Another war means more children killed. More children traumatised. Its not as if we can't take more refugees, but why force people to relocate just because some guy in Washington D.C. has a small dick. If Trump wants a war, let him put on the combat boots and carry a rifle and let him do a little fighting of his own, oh, and have the sons and son in law enlist. At one time rulers of countries led their people into battle, perhaps we ought to do that again. Bet there wouldn't be many wars. Can you just imagine Benni and Donnie having to survive on rations......
I'm sure he said it at one time. He wants to curry favour with the right wing in Dutch politics. There is a strong anti Muslim attitude amongst some Dutch. The ambassador needs to keep his mouth shut. Its not polite to make waves in the country you are a guest in.
If he took out the word Muslim and inserted, Jews, see how far he would get.........The ugly American is alive and well. O.K. Dutch American. with a last name like his, you can bet his ancestors came from the Netherlands.
This isn't about money. This is the beginning of censorship as we have not know it in the U.S.A. A fascist, in my opinion, is the President of the U.S.A. and he is implementing his agenda. Here is another step.
This should come as no surprise to those who follow American politics. Moore who was defeated this evening in Alabama thought the amendments to the constitution after the 10th ought not to be there. that includes the amendment outlawing slavery and giving women the vote. Not much has changed in the U.S.A. since the civil war for those of colour, especially if they're poor. As one friend who moved to the U.S.A. said, you can tell when a come to a poor area with a non white population, city services have stopped. They were shocked, given the streets of Vancouver, British Columbia got cleaned by city workers regardless of the income level, back in the day. Now they're all pretty much millionaires.
In Indiana, there are disgusting areas of pollution, like something you might imagine you would see in China and India, but no, right in Indiana. can hardly wait to see what Pruitt will do with the rest of the U.S.A. Lead levels were 3 times the rate of Flint, Michigan in some parts of Indiana. Perhaps they ought to put Pruitt and Trump on a diet of that water.
Trump statements ought to simply be ignored. He may think Jerusalam is the capital of Israel and wants to move the American embassy there, but he may be out of office one of these days, so who cares. Obviously may people do, but to riot and endanger themselves, what is the point? The American president isn't going to change his position on this. It would be best to simply wait until he is gone and in the meantime take the fight to the U.N.
There is no reason to not continue the quest for a Palestinian homeland, their own country, their own passports, etc.
What definitely needs to happen is for Israel to be taken to an international court to stop stealing land from the Palestinians to build settlements. Stealing is stealing AND Its not a good thing.
Maloken, regarding your comment of making the U.S.A. a fascist state, It been there for awhile already. Just haven't done the formal paper work. Once the formal paper work is done expect there to be lots of refugees going to Mexico and Canada.
The Americans get to vote, but the process is rigged. Once you have a look at their state politics, its even worse. There isn't a whole lot of freedom in the U.S.A. unless you're rich, white, and connected. Just have a look at the video of the cop killing the man in Arizona and being declared "not guilty". It was on the CBS news Friday evening.
Nice opinion piece.
As to having influence in the middle east, perhaps it might be best if Iran were the leader, because the Saudi's aren't the brightest and best or the most progressive. Its not like they've done much for their fellow Arabs, Muslims, etc. Their leadership is elitist and not that focused on their own citizens, especially women. Now I'm not saying Iran is a feminist strong hold in the world, but next to Saudi Arabia, they look good.
Its small wonder there was a revolution in Iran, the Shah was an elitist and the opposition to him, had been a religious leader. Its one of those situations again, where the U.S.A. backed the wrong guy.
Some of the Trump administration wanting a war with Iran, yes it is possible and even probable, but they'd like a war with anyone. Its about selling araments and a war is good for business. If they can't have a war with Iran, watch for them to start one in Somolia or some other country else where in Africa. They can't have a real war with N. Korea, it would end too soon with a nuke and that is so bad for business.
The thing I've always found weird is Saudi Arabia really hasn't done much for the people who were displaced after the founding of Israel. They do seem to come from the same school as Trump. If you're not part of my team, I don't care about you.