Trump, Comey and commiting to article 5 in NATO

Well who would have thought? A press conference held together by US President Donald Trump and his Romanian counterpart Klaus Werner Johannis (German guy right) offered the world some answers long awaited.

First the American journalists who cared little about the conference scope and ignored the Romanian president as if he was just a decorative statue in the background started asking Trump about James Comey, the FBI director being sacked following alleged discoveries of Russian involvement in the US presidential campaign.

Then a Romanian journalist asked the blunt question everyone back here in Europe is interested in, will the US back-up any NATO country in the event of a Russian attack? Praising Romania for taking his advice and increasing the GDP percentage for military to 2% Donald Trump assured the 5th article of NATO chart will be respected and the US and entire NATO are ready to go to war is such an attack happens.

London under terrorist siege

I was talking with a friend a couple of months ago and he was always giving me United Kingdom as example on how to combat terrorism in response to the attacks in France and Germany. There is a way he argued as long as you control the islamic propaganda, keep an eye on the mosques and evict the clerics that preach violent speeches.

I wasn't convinced and I replied that the islamic propaganda is not found only in the mosques, we live in the age of information and the young Muslims can view different internet pages, listen to recorded speeches from islamists all over the worlds, browse forums, etc. Evicting some clerics from the country is not a solution and don't stop young men and women search for material on Islamic State or other similar terrorist organizations. The problem is that these men an women, often at the second or even third generation feel unwelcomed in their countries. The different set of values, the different culture make them harder to integrate with the peers in their generation, more difficult to socialize and to be accepted. Thus resentment grows and looks for someone to blame. It's incredible how many Europeans fans these terrorist organization get to have from simply the inability of the Western society to integrate these youngsters and offer them better opportunities and ideals.

I didn't speak to my friend recently but I take it he has changed his mind.

US attack on Syria, Russia threatens

After playing the cat and mice game for a couple of years training and helping the anti al Assad "moderate rebels" US found itself in a tough spot, the Russian decisive intervention with ground troops, navy and aircrafts for the Syrian goverment. The long chain of following battles meant the same number of victories for al-Assad forces including the much discussed battle of Aleppo.

Currently the US backed "moderate rebels" are losing the war by a wide margin, their controlled territory shrinked considerably. So it made sense that their patrons, US, would look for a pretext to intervene and turn the tide or at least try to. This pretext was the possible use of chemical weapons by the government forces so it triggered a missile attack obliterating a Syrian airbase.

Of course Russia reacted strongly and condemned the attack, they don't like competition and al-Assad is to important to them as an ally to allow him deposed of power. Let's see the consequences...

When will the DJIA bubble burst? Dow Jones or Down Jones?

If you haven't been paying attention to the stock market lately (past few years) or never checked it let me assure everything is was peachy. DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average) went on steroids after Trump's winning the elections and it's at historical heights. Actually it passed the 20.000 points level, a fact considered impossible only a few decades ago.

But what goes up must come down no? And the current environment starts to look awfully close as 2007.  Stocks goes up and up, everyone knows the best tip and your doorman even shares it with you. Everybody is happily buying to get those huge profit margins like the guys who cashed last year. However those guys aren't buying anymore.

The Trump victory really encouraged the last spark of the markets so the fall is now only a matter of time. Make sure it doesn't catch you with your pants down.

Obama wanted to listen Trump's phones?

I can only imagine the secret service connecting Obama to another one of Trump's promising phonecalls.

- Get me the car, yes the full-options one and I want it red! How will I pay? I don't know, stop annoying me, cash or credit, ask my frickin secretary! I'm gonna be president and you waste my time with silly questions, I say I waaaant the car and that's that!

Or another one for the books:

- Yes I want an exclusive table, I will be there in the evening. No no doesn't matter, it may be 6 or 7 or 8 or later, just damn reserve it for ten hours. And put the lobster and champagne on the ice, I need to celebrate I will be president. And it better be good not that 1978 crap you served last time or you're fireeeed!

You can only imagine the hard work the secret services has to do to decypher these complex day to day operations of the former Republican candidate. And of course to cover all those f**k that clown Obama, I will make America great again with beeeeps.

Putin is not a killer, many of us are says Trump?

Well first time I have heard that I thought it was a joke. Or maybe a Russian hacker changed the content of a news website. But then I realized he actually said it.

So it's clear that Donald Trump has an interest to win Putin's good graces by praising him. The Russian leader obviously has a weak spot for praising so maybe acting as a good businessman Trump is just hitting the target.

Of course there was a lot of outcry after this declaration but all in vain. Putin is a great leader to his people even if he's not democratic, maybe Trump thinks he can do the same? Time will tell.

Trump builds a wall between US and Mexico

So he really means it, the president Trump confirmed today the US will build a wall on the frontier with Mexico and then send the bill to their souther neigbours to pay for it. It makes sense as the wall is there to help Mexico keep its population in their country no? As you know thousands of tequila driven Mexicans loose their way every month and wind up in the US. And then they don't rememeber how to get back so they have to stay in US.

Obviously the Mexican president said his country will not pay a pesos for the wall. Try and make us was his message. Last time a Mexican president dared this was back in the 1850's. And we know how it went, without that the wall would have been built now through Arizona and California.

So the Great Wall of China will finally have a rival after thousands of years ... Who would have guessed?