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Even if you’ve switched off politics for the Summer, it’s time to wake up to reality. According to the Washington Post, there’s a growing body of evidence mounting against Trump. It highlights the seven times Trump tried to call off the dogs on Russia.

Source: 7 times Trump tried to call off the dogs on Russia – The Washington Post

The seven examples provides powerful insights into Trump leadership and political skills.

There are probably only three political outcomes:

Impeachment
Trump’s resignation, or
Trump fighting the system and running his full term.

The chances of (3) seems increasingly remote. In the Autumn, it’s increasingly likely that financial support for the US government will collapse, sending thousands of civil servants home.

As for option (2), Trump is used to playing poker and won’t resign unless he family is seriously threatened, probably as a result of investigations into Russia.

This leaves impeachment but for the moment the GOP has been greedily looking out for their best interests and those of their sponsors.

Any thoughts on when the cards will crash?

English: Logo of the People’s Daily 中文: 人民日报题字 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Here’s an important read in China’s leading paper,People’s Daily Online. It reports that China’s well-funded Belt and Road Initiative has rolled out with thousands of Chinese enterprises going all out in the vast, new market created by participating countries and beyond. It projects that the vast overseas market will become a giant pool of capital, with trillions of dollars of overseas investment and financing in the coming years, experts projected.

Source: China to pour trillions into Belt and Road projects – People’s Daily Online

As I reflected on this article, I remembered that under Trump, America is in retreat economically and geopolitically. It’s a bit sad but surely all’s not lost for the US? Will the next phenomena be China buying up US multinationals on the cheap?