Will ObamaCare be Repealed and Replaced ? - Trump Era

Guardian: Reports " Trump twists arms on Capitol Hill as House Republicans waver on healthcare..Paul Ryan claimed president’s pitch will ‘close the deal’ for Thursday’s vote but Freedom Caucus chairman said there is ‘more than enough’ opposition to block "

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THIS is the first real domestic test for the Trump Administration, the Oval Office needs all hands on deck to get the new health care bill passed in the House.   The Republicans have promised for years that they would replace ObamaCare, if they failed it could damage the Trump Agenda in the future, what about tax cuts, an increase in defence spending, the Great Wall to cover the border between US and Mexico.  The politics of this is interesting, can Trump be a FDR, LBJ, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and President Obama and get his Agenda through the the US Congress.   Donald Trump sold himself as a deal maker, well this is the big test, is Trump ALL talk and no action, or talk and real action. 

North Korea and the Trump Administration - Trump Era

Daily Mail: Reports " North Korea warns U.S. it is 'fully ready to go to war' as Trump administration threatens to seize Kim Jong-Un's assets  "

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ANY effective sanctions against North Korea needs China to follow through, the problem is that China does not want to see North Korea fall apart and millions of North Koreans coming over the border to China, or a united Korea with the US on the border with China.   A complex case in many ways.   The US policy towards China has failed, every Administration since Bill Clinton has tried to do a deal with North Korea and the NK has let down every deal.   Thus what next, the Trump Administration has stated that the military option is on the table, but that is also a problem, NK is a nuclear armed and has millions in its Army, the fear is that any attack on NK would lead to ramifications for South Korea.  When diplomacy fails, and the military option is costly what is the next path, let's hope the Oval Office under Trump can come up with a solution.

The Supreme Court and President Trump - Trump Era

BBC News: Reports " Donald Trump's pick for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court has insisted that no-one, including the president who nominated him, is above the law. "

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If Judge Neil Gorsuch is approved by the Senate he will return the Court to the hands of the Conservatives on the bench.  The voters who voted for Trump will see that he has kept his promise to appoint a Conservative Judge.   Thus far the Democrats have not found a good reason to oppose him, being a Conservative is enough for most Democrats.  It will be interesting to see how Judge Gorsuch rules on the cases before the Court.

Trump's Shifting Conspiracy Theory - Part 3 - Trump Era

CNN - Politics: Reports " The tweet suggests Obama -- and by extension Comey -- could have been the source of leaked information about meetings between Flynn and Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak that eventually led to Flynn's resignation. There's no evidence to back up that suggestion, either. "

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The more that Trump tries to divert attention, the more this blog thinks that the Democrats might have a point, it just might be better for a Select Committee of both Houses be formed to investigate ANY or ALL links between the Trump Campaign and Russia.   Also it might be interesting to see Trump's tax returns, does he have any holdings in Russia, are there any loans from Russia, of course the Trump Campaign could be clean as snow or it might be dirty ice under the snow.  The Republicans might need some distance between themselves and Trump, all politics is local.

Trump and the FBI - Russian Links - Trump Era

Telegraph - Live Reporting: Reports the following, " Sean Spicer, the White House press director, has said that former associates of President Donald Trump's believed to be under investigation for links to Russia are "hangers on" with little real contact with Mr Trump. "

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Any LINKS are bad, let us recall that Watergate happened when a few Cubans were arrested breaking in to the DNC, from those links it lead to the Oval Office and the forced resignation of Richard Nixon.   BEFORE Democrats start to jump for joy lets recall that the Watergate investigation took two years, we shall see if the Democrats have the patience to wait, there might be a there there, of course there might not be a real strong link to Trump.   The Trump Court is large, thus this investigation will and could lasts for years, the fact that the White House Press Secretary is calling them hangers on is bad, let's see where the hangers on lead too.

Trump and Russia - Trump Era

Guardian: Reports " Trump-Russia collusion is being investigated by FBI, Comey confirms..FBI director tells House intelligence committee: ‘The FBI is investigating the Russian government’s attempts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election’ "

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Thus there will be more leaks about the FBI investigation of the links between the Trump Campaign and the Russians.   As noted by the article, the Republicans are stressing the illegal leaks while the Democrats are looking for Reds under the bed.   IF there is real information that the Trump Campaign broke the law the US Congress should set up a Select Committee to see where the information leads.   Thus far the Republicans have said NO, so it depends what the FBI digs up, a 5 second hell is not a conspiracy, the Democrats will press that, let see what the FBI finds.

The EU and the UK - E Day - Post EU

Daily Mail: Reports " Outrage as Juncker boasts that no-one else will want to leave the EU after they see how badly the UK is punished for Brexit "

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IF this is the policy path that the EU is taking the UK should just walk out NOW, the EU thinks we are going give them 50 billion for leaving the EU, they are out of their minds.   The UK will not be blackmailed, the EU has to learn its not the only club in town, there are more Countries outside the EU than in the EU.   The Euro is killing off the EU, it is sinking inch by inc, one can see in the future that more EU countries will leave, when a club becomes rotten at its core its time to leave.   After the UK leaves the EU will be a front for Germany, they have the money, they are keeping Greece going so far, but at some point even the German tax payer will have enough of helping the poorer Countries of the EU.