I think few of us will forget how the Secretary of the Army railed against China in hostile terms during his talk in a recent event at the Brookings Institution. Slowly, the Trump administration is building an Iron Curtain around China, much like what it is doing around Iran. Not Russia but China and Iran are the bogey-men on the other side.
This despite China's acceptance throughout Africa to build infrastructure, train and establish cordial relations with its governments; and a memo of understanding drawn up by China with Italy that it--China--will become a distributor of EU products in Africa. Despite the US tariffs, China's trade has been expanded significantly. But US investors aren't allowed to invest in Venezuelan oil because of the US sanctions currently in place against Venezuela.
So, in the first 3 years of Trump's Presidency, Russia has netted two new colonies: Venezuela and Syria added to the one Cuba it had before Trump; and Trump has found a straw-man to say to business here at home, "See what you get for taking your factories abroad? Someone, who'll steal your innovations!" As if business isn't aware that innovation attracts copycats!
Monday, February 10, 2020
Friday, February 7, 2020
Washington Post: Trump Administration telling business where to make investments; and where not to
In Friday's edition of the Washington Post, February 7, 2020 the Post reveals that The Trump Administration is telling investors where to put their money abroad: don't invest in China's Huawei, that is developing its 5G wireless, but consider Sweden's Ericsson and Finland's Nokia. This must be the outcome of Trump's poor dealing with China over trade tariffs and his lackluster trade agreements. The animosity Trump reveals to the Chinese over commerce and his kowtowing to Putin, even to the point of overlooking how Putin is virtually taking over the Venezuelan economy, especially, the secret sales worldwide of its oil, to enrich the coffers of Moscow, is a scandalous favoritism of one communist, Putin, over an avowed other communist ruler, Xi.
Moreover, Barr has erected another Berlin-wall, spurred by competition between the US and China in taking global share in the technological trade market. It fashions Beijing as a bogey-man out to take over the world. Surely, the Trump people could be more imaginative. There is no Cold War, despite the endeavors of this Administration to create one out of their own ignorance of global affairs and their attempts to fashion myths to cover up their own blunders in foreign policy directives.
The impression that President Trump gives cannot be glossed over when he consistently supports or glosses over Russia's gains in controlling Venezuela and affecting political elections, perhaps even in the US: he is pro-Russian, as Nancy Pelosi thinks.
Moreover, Barr has erected another Berlin-wall, spurred by competition between the US and China in taking global share in the technological trade market. It fashions Beijing as a bogey-man out to take over the world. Surely, the Trump people could be more imaginative. There is no Cold War, despite the endeavors of this Administration to create one out of their own ignorance of global affairs and their attempts to fashion myths to cover up their own blunders in foreign policy directives.
The impression that President Trump gives cannot be glossed over when he consistently supports or glosses over Russia's gains in controlling Venezuela and affecting political elections, perhaps even in the US: he is pro-Russian, as Nancy Pelosi thinks.
Sunday, February 2, 2020
The President's solution to the Mideast conflict must be considered an outrage to people of reason!
The one thing the Palestinians have is a beautiful coast land, which the Israelis want to start knawing away from them.
Outrageous that the Palestinians have been left out from providing input in another proposal of a giveaway from President Trump, as if he has it to continue to benefit a government headed by someone in trouble with the judiciary.
Outrageous that the Palestinians have been left out from providing input in another proposal of a giveaway from President Trump, as if he has it to continue to benefit a government headed by someone in trouble with the judiciary.
US doctors offer assistance to China in virus epidemic there!
This is what the US offers to the world: its expertise and knowledge and wherewithal.
I am hopeful our doctors can be of help to their Chinese counterparts; and grateful for the US offer.
P.S. This is what our military do worldwide today with tremendous results.
I am hopeful our doctors can be of help to their Chinese counterparts; and grateful for the US offer.
P.S. This is what our military do worldwide today with tremendous results.
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Whack-O Theory of 1/23/20: President Trump showing signs of dementia?
Please keep in mind a Whack-O is just that! Whacked!
I was talking to one of my doctors who was listening to President Trump comment on the fact that he never did give the House of Representatives his "materials" they needed to do oversight concerning his Ukrainian dealings.
My doctor suddenly blurted into the phone, "Say that sounds as if Trump's got the beginnings of dementia!" When I thought about Trump's lying behavior, it dawned on me that this diagnosis could explain the past 3 years of Trump's fantasizing.
I was talking to one of my doctors who was listening to President Trump comment on the fact that he never did give the House of Representatives his "materials" they needed to do oversight concerning his Ukrainian dealings.
My doctor suddenly blurted into the phone, "Say that sounds as if Trump's got the beginnings of dementia!" When I thought about Trump's lying behavior, it dawned on me that this diagnosis could explain the past 3 years of Trump's fantasizing.
Saturday, January 18, 2020
BBC reveals how China's re-training of TV and mass media industry workers is faring
It's true that China has barely an impact on programming on TV in Kenya. But the BBC described recently how native workers employed by Chinese companies are taken back to China to learn the ways as a means to present their kind of programming over Kenyan-Chinese stations.
It would seem that the Chinese are using the airwaves to promote their style of life, whether or not the Africans are interested in learning from it.
It would seem that the Chinese are using the airwaves to promote their style of life, whether or not the Africans are interested in learning from it.
Whack-O Theory of 1/17/20: Putin wants to make himself King constitutionally by 2024!
He hopes to get a new constitution formalized in the next 6 months, I understand.
He's not that popular but after all the Chinese did it for their President. Anyway, the entire administration has resigned headed by D. Medvedev, the Russian Prime Minister.
There will be included in this Constitution reference to a Committee Putin will head. On it are to be assembled technocrats to give him ideas, but he will be strictly in control of the government. That's the plan according to the BBC-radio last night.
The point is will he last in his presidency until 2024 or will he be demoted through an exercise of the will of the people? I say, he's not all that popular; and importantly, he's not all that wise for the Russians to entrust him to call all the shots for their own good! (China has established over centuries a powerful ruling class of provincial leaders that have sway over its central administration, I think).
He's not that popular but after all the Chinese did it for their President. Anyway, the entire administration has resigned headed by D. Medvedev, the Russian Prime Minister.
There will be included in this Constitution reference to a Committee Putin will head. On it are to be assembled technocrats to give him ideas, but he will be strictly in control of the government. That's the plan according to the BBC-radio last night.
The point is will he last in his presidency until 2024 or will he be demoted through an exercise of the will of the people? I say, he's not all that popular; and importantly, he's not all that wise for the Russians to entrust him to call all the shots for their own good! (China has established over centuries a powerful ruling class of provincial leaders that have sway over its central administration, I think).
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