I am no supporter of Donald J Trump, during his first campaign and Presidential term I determined to write something derogatory about him everyday ( I tried but did not succeed) ! Obviously it worked as after four years of his pathetic presidency he lost to Biden. Give the man his due he got up and raged, lied, conned and bullied his way into another run at it and as we know won. 

Since taking the reins,  once more we have witnessed a deranged, elderly buffoon, fire off in every direction like some demented Catherine wheel, sparks flying every which way! He has learnt his lesson from the first time and placed individual people in positions of power that will not restrain him and do what they are told! Musk who’s somehow wheedled his way into Trumps inner circle, an even looser cannon exploding pot shots at anything he deems is eating up funds or is ineffective and inefficient. Of course it will in one way or another all end in disaster. Unfortunately along the way it is calamitous for all of us.

Trump has many faults, they have been well documented. In my opinion he looks and acts as though he is unwell, let’s hope it’s serious! He is a narcissist, only interested in the next headline, he has nothing serious about him, a fading TV reality star, who longs for fame and has no serious loyalty to anyone and if any at all only if they are massively wealthy. 

We will have to endure him for the next four years , trying to keep calm and do what we can to mitigate his excesses. I think there is every possibility he may die in office, though the prospect of Vance as President is no less palatable. 

America has lurched into a partial democracy and it is going to take all of the people (even MAGA) to rid themselves of him. He has proved he has no respect for the law or any blocking of his agenda but that has to continue to thwart him. He has to be defeated by democracy however painful or hard it is. 

I have never been to America, never felt the desire to. In its current state I certainly wouldn’t. There are many things about American society and culture which are admirable but when a country elects a man like Trump not once but twice, you have realise for all their wealth and power (not for everyone) there is something deeply wrong with their nation? 

A word more about Canada. Not withstanding the ridiculous idea of Trumps nonsense about becoming the 51st state, to little support has been given to them. In Mark Carney they have a Prime Minister who will not take any crap from Trump.

Perhaps the leaders of European nations and others of a like mind should just tell him to fuck off, we’ve had enough of you, we are just not going to engage with you anymore? Dangerous but it just might work, he wants to be respected, he wants to be loved, show him none!

Take care

 Be afraid be very afraid because this time the brakes are off and Trump is going to run wild! The flurry of executive orders he signed on the first day are only the tip of the tip of the iceberg he and his cronies are going to launch on the world. Don’t think for a moment he is bluffing about all the things he claims he is going to do, this time he means it. This will be an unprecedented 4 years of American power changing both the country and the world, almost entirely for the worst. 

His posturing on Greenland amongst other boasts are deadly serious and you would not be surprised if he uses force to get what he wants. Certainly he will use tariffs, economic blackmail, aide and any other arm twisting in order to achieve his aims. He will ignore the rule of law both international and domestic. He will do anything he can to change the constitution in order to remain President. 

This will be 4 years of pain and tragedy for us all. America you voted him in and now we will all reap the whirlwind 

Stay well

 We have out Bond villain at last! Straight from the pages of a Fleming novel comes Blofeld armed not with guns and rockets but with bags of electronic money and his own social media platform, on which he can write any provocative post he likes with it seems impunity! His name Elon Musk, a handle that we surely must have seen would lead him to becoming the disruptive force he now acts as. If power corrupts then being the world’s richest man is the ultimate corruption! He has cosied up to the big orange gorilla and believes he can intervene, interfere and generally stir up shit to anyone he feels like. 

Us liberal leaning lefties have for to long left the stage bare and men of his ilk have readily stepped into the spotlight. We have nobody to blame but ourselves. Our so called intellectual superiority and smugness, has ignored the rising of popularism as the plight of the ordinary working citizens got ignored! The irony is that there are now more billionaires than ever and the gap between Musk , Trump and their wealthy tech buddies is a yawning chasm that seems impossible to bridge. It is ironic when people believe that the most rich will solve all their problems. In an ideal world indeed this should happen, it’s not as though the rich can’t afford to do so. Money is the idolatry the be all and end all of the game, men like Musk and Trump care little for the people they claim to care about but are miles better at getting their message heard, with little concern for what is said or who it may damage! 

Those who oppose must get their act together and be as clear and forthright in repudiating their rhetoric as they are in delivering it. They are way ahead so a lot needs to be done to catch up! 

Stay well