Good morning all. It has been quite the busy week with not a lot of time to blog. But I have been paying attention to all that's been happening on the political front and have much to report on.
Here are my thoughts.
First. President Trump's trip abroad to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Italy, Brussels & Sicily.
Thought he did a fantastic job getting across his agenda. Especially with his speech in S.A. Which was outstanding and included many leaders of Arab countries in attendance.
What was the POTUS' agenda?
To support and respect the practices and differences of religious freedom as long as it does not interfere with the global effort of trying to eradicate terrorism that kills innocent people.
That everyone, including the Middle East countries, should do their best to 'drive out' those who would do harm to others in the name of their God.
For those who missed this groundbreaking talk from the POTUS, click the link below to watch. Lasts 34 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoYDP2cWH-A
The next leg of the trip was to Israel. No doubt POTUS and Netanyahu have a warm and friendly relationship.
Of special note.
President Trump is the first U.S. President to visit the Western/Wailing wall, which is the 2nd most holiest place in Israel, after the Temple Mount. Israeli soldiers and other notables are sworn in and/or memorialized here. It also hosts visiting Jews from all over the world, where they are allowed to leave notes to God in the cracks of the wall.
Following Israel was a flight to Italy and the Vatican. Only watched bits and pieces of this visit. And from what I can recall, the Pope did not seem very engaged or impressed nor was he warm and particularly friendly to the POTUS. But so be it. Can't win them all.
Then there was his trip to Brussels, Belgium. Of particular importance and interest, was his meeting at NATO before member countries. Here he spoke about the need for all members to pay their fair share to support their collective defense against terrorism and other enemies. Only 5 countries pay the designated 2% of their country's gross domestic product towards defense. They are as follows:
U.S. 3.61%
Greece 2.38%
Britain 2.21%
Estonia 2.16%
Poland 2.00%
The last leg of his grueling, overseas trip is to Sicily where the President will visit troops. That happens tomorrow. Then he heads back home to the U.S.
Overall, I thought the trip went very well though you'd never know that if you only follow the MSM, which barely reported, if at all about it all.
Meanwhile, back home during Trump's trip abroad, the MSM continued the steady Anti-Trump drumbeat of pushing the Russian collusion issue, along with bashing the proposed tax bill and how the R&R of OCare bill will kill babies, the elderly and on and on. Not ONE positive thing was said about his overseas trip.
Other news, that you won't hear much about on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, etc is how the Obama Administration used illegal means to spy on Americans, political foes, etc. via FISA court orders for years. This is serious business. Last I heard is that the Trump Administration has ordered the Justice Department to look into. For this story, here's a link to CIRCA which broke the news.
http://circa.com/politics/barack-obamas-team-secretly-disclosed-years-of-illegal-nsa-searches-spying-on-americans
Moving on.
The POTUS has now hired an attorney in regards to the so-called Russian collusion issue. He is also still looking to replace FBI Director James Comey. A few have dropped out of the running for various reasons, so the search continues. No doubt it's extremely important to find someone soon, but only if they're the right person who can be non-partisan and above reproach. Does such a person exist these days? Who knows.
To wrap things up (and I could on and on with so much happening politically!), Trump has had an excellent week overseas. But most of the press is not reporting it either at all or in a positive light if they do so. They continue to fill the airways, social media and the internet with negative allegations, innuendo and out and out lies about the president and now even his son in law, Jared Kushner.
I can only imagine what it's going to be like for the President once he returns. Though I imagine he must feel at least a bit bolstered by the success of his trip abroad.
One last note. Former FBI Director Comey's hearing begins next week, after the Memorial Day holiday. He is expected to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee in regards to the Russian fiasco. Boy oh boy. Can't wait to see how that all goes.
Stay tuned.
