"We know you like Trump, Galagher so let us guess whatever the subject matter is, you are going to give him As."
Well Dear Reader, you'd be half right:
Subject Matter One...Defence of the Free World.
In this important area the United States is truly back. After 8 long years of apologies from Obama coupled with inaction in the face of aggression, Trump is bringing his country back to the delight of his allies and chagrin of America's enemies.
This is most evident in America's dealings with two of the world's out-of- control rogue States ....Iran and North Korea. The former has threatened that once they have acquired the Nuclear Bomb they are going to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. The latter, under the lunatic Young-Un, has threatened to reduce USA's major cities to rubble along with the death of millions of their citizens.
So here you are correct, I give the President a strong A.
Note: In order to keep this A at the end of coming Winter Term, President Trump will have to do more to de-denuclearize these two outliers.
Subject Matter Two...Free Trade:
Trump was elected on a platform that included Isolation for America especially when is comes to Trade and Commerce.
I never thought that he would actually stick with this nonsensical position since it is clear that Free Trade is a boon for Importing and Exporting Countries alike. (I won't get into the reasons for this but if you insist, will deal with that specifically in a future blog).
One of his first actions in office was to take America out of the Pacific Trade Agreement which includes the most influential and growing economies in the Far East. Instead of looking to America for guidance, they will now look to China and the Chinese cannot believe their good fortune.
Trump is also threatening to deep six the North American Trade Agreement his country has with Canada and Mexico. All three countries have benefited immensely under this agreement and all have seen a dramatic rise in jobs.
And you need look no further than Brexit to see the predicament the Brits have placed themselves in having to leave the European Union.
Bottom-line....Isolation does not work and to think this is being done on the brink of China replacing the United States as having the largest economy in the world.
So Dear Reader I give President Trump a solid F.
One final note, if Trump sticks to his approach in the above two areas ...Subject Matter Two will eventually erode the State's ability to deal effectively with Subject Matter One.
In other words, they simply will not have enough money to keep adequately funding Defence.
As I see it...
'K.D. Galagher'
