Thursday, 23rd January 2020
Magic Man or the Master of Disaster?
I must confess that I quite enjoy President Trump – albeit probably for all the wrong reasons….
Perhaps it is the spectacle of a man drunk on a heady mix of self-regard and bombast….
Or perhaps it is because the word preposterous might have been coined specifically to describe him….
President Trump has definite elements of the ridiculous about him. He is almost certainly a lunatic. And he is quite likely dangerous….
But he is also absurd. And that makes him compelling and amusing viewing….
- At it again….
America’s Commander In Chief was at it again earlier this week….
Speaking at the 50th World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland – almost in the same moment the American Senate was preparing to embark on his impeachment trial – Trump stood shamelessly before an audience of the great and the good and told them this….
‘America’s thriving, America’s flourishing, and yes America is winning again like never before….’
The implication was crystal clear. This position of apparent global dominance has been driven by a ‘blue collar boom’ brought about by President Trump’s economic policies….
Apparently, the US economy was in a ‘dismal’ state when he took over from Barack Obama in 2017 – a reading of recent history that overlooks the fact that the longest-ever economic expansion in US history (still running) began under his predecessor in office, Barack Obama….… Click here to read more