Trump and the Press - Trump Era

The Hill: Reports " The media doesn’t treat President-elect Donald Trump with the proper respect, the man set to be the next White House spokesman says in an interview with The Hill. "

Lets Get Real:

The press view of President Trump makes the press and Richard Nixon look like a love in between the two.   The elite media press hate Trump, but he has one major plus, he brings in ratings, and is not PC.  This of course send the elite media up the wall, the new President will use Twitter to have a go at the the press and any one else that he thinks has been critical.   The press loved President Obama and was his major supporter, while the Ronald Reagan team managed the press, and look to be few days ahead of them, of course in the age of Twitter, Internet, and bloggers there is only so much control any White House can have of the press.   Obama and Reagan could go over the heads of the press, that is why they were popular, Reagan recalled the names of the reports, and least tried to act as if he liked them, he did leave with a 63% approval rating and his VP was his successor, the only President in the modern era to see his VP become President, the rest either had VP who did not run, Cheney, Biden, or saw their VP go down to defeat as was the case with Al Gore.   If not the VP the nominee of the Party who had the White House for two terms has lost, as is the case with Hillary Clinton.  A President Trump with Twitter and the nuclear football, will give you nightmares. 

The ObamaCare Repeal Problem - Trump Era

CNN - Politics: Reports " Republicans are unanimous in their desire to "repeal and replace" President Barack Obama's signature health care law -- but they are already flirting with not having the 50 votes needed to pass the bill in the Senate. "

Lets Get Real:

The Republicans have a problem, either they allow ObamaCare to fail and it becomes their problem down the line or they try to remove it bit by  bit,  with Obama in the White House the more liberal Senators could vote for repeal knowing it would get a Obama veto, now they are in power, they want to make sure they are re-elected back home in 2018, but also want to show they are part of the team. This is a tricky problem, let us see if President Trump can make a good deal that works for the liberal Republican Senators and for the conservative base, the Hill is going to become very interesting after January 20th.

Winston Churchill BACK in the Oval - Trump Era

Telegraph: Reports " Winston Churchill bust set for Oval Office return by Donald Trump "

Lets Get Real:

This is a good move by President - Elect Trump, after the bust of WC was removed by President Obama the reaction was not great in the UK, also his comments that if we left the EU, we would be at the back of the line for a trade deal with the US.   It would be great if Trump could have the same relationship with the British PM as Ronald Reagan had with Margaret Thatcher.   The US/UK special relationship works best when the President looks for support from the UK first not Germany.

Is Trump a Putin puppet ? - Trump Era

BBC News: Reports " US President-elect Donald Trump has posted a series of tweets condemning those who oppose good relations with Russia as "'stupid' people, or fools". "

Lets Get Real:

One has to consider that Trump is a Putin puppet, whatever the US intelligence says about Russia and its hacking the Trump does the reverse of expected.   The Allies of the West in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States should be worried about this development, when Putin makes a move for the Baltics what will the Trump Oval do, these States are part of NATO.   Why do US Presidents from Bush 43 onwards think they can deal with Putin, he is old school KGB.   Thus in two weeks Trump will be President with the nuclear football, this blog is going to search for a third hand nuclear bunker!!