Britain Trump and America Boris
Remember Gordon Brown? Maybe not, as to put it mildly,he wasn’t exactly the most charismatic of British PMs. But he came up with the quote of the day - Boris Johnson will not be remembered as the 55th Prime Minister of the UK, but as the first Prime Minister of England. Boom!!
That likelihood is going up by the day. His much touted tour of the Home Nations turned into a major flop. Nicola Sturgeon in Scotland openly warned about a new Scottish independence referendum, and Boris had to slink out a back door to escape demonstrators. In Wales, he was told that Wales would be crushed by No Deal. In Northern Ireland, polls show that if they had to make a choice today, a small majority would favor being part of Ireland rather than the UK, the first time ever polls are showing this. And to cap it all, the pound is now on a downward spiral, losing 5% against the $ and euro since Boris became PM.
But at least Dotard crowned him as the “Britain Trump”, whatever that means. In a few years, being known as “Anything Trump” will be as much of an honor as being known as Jack the Ripper, or Al Capone. Or Individual 1.
Leo Varadkar in Ireland has been criticizing Boris and No Deal in measured language, at least in public. If like his ancestors he could speak Marathi or Konkani, I am sure he would have much choicier words for Boris in private. Indian languages are not known for subtlety where curse words are concerned.
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Meanwhile, the “America Boris” has problems of his own. Kim is firing off missiles, and claiming that Dotard has broken promises he made to Kim in private at the DMZ, no doubt when they were comparing each other’s “buttons” as part of their love fest. Kim is now employing Trump’s own tricks. Just like Trump claimed Modi had asked him to mediate (or meditate, or medicate), lying about a private conversation, Kim is now applying the same tactic to Trump.
And after claiming for months that in 30 or 60 days he would punish China if there is no deal (another No Deal), he said a week ago it may take a few months, and yesterday that a deal will have to wait till after the election. So another 30 billion will have to be used to bribe the farmers to stay with him. Meanwhile Xi and his cohort can only laugh.
There is talk in TrumpWorld that China may be able to hold out for 18 months, but if Trump wins in 2020, they will have to surrender, as they could not face another 4 years of pain. Not only Xi, even I have to laugh on hearing that. These are Wall Street quarterly results guys talking, who of course, cannot imagine what 4 years is. The Chinese have been dealing with pain for millennia. For them, 4 years is just the blink of an eye. US farmers will capitulate well before that.
And finally, Trump, the teetotaller, claimed that American wine is better than French wine (even Robert Parker had to laugh), and threatened tariffs against French wine. He was reacting to the new French tax on Internet companies. Macron has had enough, so sent out his Agriculture Minister to say on French TV
That likelihood is going up by the day. His much touted tour of the Home Nations turned into a major flop. Nicola Sturgeon in Scotland openly warned about a new Scottish independence referendum, and Boris had to slink out a back door to escape demonstrators. In Wales, he was told that Wales would be crushed by No Deal. In Northern Ireland, polls show that if they had to make a choice today, a small majority would favor being part of Ireland rather than the UK, the first time ever polls are showing this. And to cap it all, the pound is now on a downward spiral, losing 5% against the $ and euro since Boris became PM.
But at least Dotard crowned him as the “Britain Trump”, whatever that means. In a few years, being known as “Anything Trump” will be as much of an honor as being known as Jack the Ripper, or Al Capone. Or Individual 1.
Leo Varadkar in Ireland has been criticizing Boris and No Deal in measured language, at least in public. If like his ancestors he could speak Marathi or Konkani, I am sure he would have much choicier words for Boris in private. Indian languages are not known for subtlety where curse words are concerned.
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Meanwhile, the “America Boris” has problems of his own. Kim is firing off missiles, and claiming that Dotard has broken promises he made to Kim in private at the DMZ, no doubt when they were comparing each other’s “buttons” as part of their love fest. Kim is now employing Trump’s own tricks. Just like Trump claimed Modi had asked him to mediate (or meditate, or medicate), lying about a private conversation, Kim is now applying the same tactic to Trump.
And after claiming for months that in 30 or 60 days he would punish China if there is no deal (another No Deal), he said a week ago it may take a few months, and yesterday that a deal will have to wait till after the election. So another 30 billion will have to be used to bribe the farmers to stay with him. Meanwhile Xi and his cohort can only laugh.
There is talk in TrumpWorld that China may be able to hold out for 18 months, but if Trump wins in 2020, they will have to surrender, as they could not face another 4 years of pain. Not only Xi, even I have to laugh on hearing that. These are Wall Street quarterly results guys talking, who of course, cannot imagine what 4 years is. The Chinese have been dealing with pain for millennia. For them, 4 years is just the blink of an eye. US farmers will capitulate well before that.
And finally, Trump, the teetotaller, claimed that American wine is better than French wine (even Robert Parker had to laugh), and threatened tariffs against French wine. He was reacting to the new French tax on Internet companies. Macron has had enough, so sent out his Agriculture Minister to say on French TV
‘It’s absurd, in terms of having a political and economic debate, to say that ‘if you tax the GAFAs, I’ll tax wine.’ It’s completely moronic”.
First time I know of that a European Minister of an ally has effectively called Trump a moron openly on TV. Its likely to start a new trend, as more and more leaders, like Macron, decide they have had enough of the crap spouting out of Dotard’s a.., er, mouth.
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