The EGO that is POTUS - Election 2020 - Trump Era

The American colonies, sorry our American cousins are celebrating something or other on 4th of July, something about the Founding Fathers.  This blog of course sees that the Americans did not pay for their Tea, thus the Boston Tea Party.  Throwing caskets of good tea in to the water, not British!!

Guardian: Reports " Trump to preside over Fourth of July celebrations with military show despite criticism..White House aides have reportedly been struggling to draw crowds to event because of last minute arrangements  "

Lets Get Real:

Is there any ending to the Trump EGO, he shuns the old friends of the US and bends over backwards to be nice to President Putin of Russia and the North Korea leader.   On the whole American Presidents do not do a Soviet Style celebration of themselves, they celebrate the meaning of the US and its armed forces, while this the Trump EVENT is about celebrating himself.   One can bet that the footage will be used in 2020 Election.   One's opinion of Lord North ( PM doing the American Revolution ) and Richard Nixon, ( President from 1969 - 1974 ) has gone up.  One's view of Trump never high has gone down the toilet, the most egoistical President in US history, when Americans elected Trump they lost the PLOT, depending if they ever understood the plot, the last great Presidents were Ronald Reagan, and Barack Obama for being the first African - American President.   On this 4th of July thank goodness that President Trump is not our problem. 

US Northern Korean Policy, What is it? - Trump Era

Sky News: Reports " North Korea: US 'hell bent' on hostility and 'obsessed with sanctions'..The US accused North Korea of violating UN sanctions by importing more refined petroleum products than it is allowed.  "

Lets Get Real:

One the hand hand POTUS set up a meeting with the North Korean leader by tweet and crossed the border, the first sitting President to make such a visit, but then the US tries to further sanctions on North Korea.   One can assume that the hawks in the Trump White House have not been impressed with the foreign policy actions of their boss, from the lack of action when Iran shot down a US drone, to cowboy diplomacy of Trump when it comes to the US and North Korea.   It can be argued that the VP and US Cabinet should invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump and place VP Pence as ACTING President, while Pence tries to make some sense of the mess that is the present Trump policy when it comes to the enemies of the US.   Of course this will not happen, as long as Trump has the base he will not be removed either by the US Cabinet or the US Congress. 

Iranian Tanker Seized by UK Authorities - Iran Crisis

BBC News: Reports " Royal Marines have boarded an oil tanker on its way to Syria thought to be breaching EU sanctions, the government of Gibraltar has said.  "

Lets Get Real:

This will not go down well with the Tehran Regime, it will be seen by Tehran as the UK siding with the Americans against Iran.   The fact that the ship was carrying oil to a EU sanctioned nation will not matter.   One can expect a lot of shouting from Tehran over the incident.  One assumes the oil will be taken off and the ship allowed to go on its way, of course there might be legal issues, will the owners of the tanker be fined, will the crew face legal action for taking on illegal cargo.   It will be interesting to see what Iran does, it has the US on its back already it does not need the EU to place sanctions on Iran.   Developing story.