This is a follow-up to my " Letter from America"
As usual, those of you that don't give a "tinker's cuss" ignore this and have another Newcastle Brown.
Those who are even mildly interested, here is what is happening politically in the USA.
Donald Trump is to be the next President of the USA.
I will dispose of Hilary Clinton (his rival) first.
Hilary has stopped pretending to be the champion of the working masses and the great unwashed, slunk back to her mansion to write her book and make more millions on top of those she already has.
Hilary, politically is effectively an also ran, and hopefully never to be heard from again. I will not buy her book.
Trump...aaaaah...Donald Trump the future leader of the USA.
This is what we can glean before the Trump organization strong-arms the press and cleans up his image.
Vladimir Putin encouraged the "freedom-loving" citizens of Moscow to demonstrate for Trump.
Nigel Farage of "Brexit " fame has been in the USA campaigning for Mr Trump, and has been on American TV smugly informing us that Mr Trump will see to it that he will be Great Britain's next ambassador to the USA. Hmmmmmmm.
Mr Trump has appointed a Stephen Bannon to be his chief advisor. Mr Bannon is a self-proclaimed white racist and has been quoted many times in right-wing hate literature.
Now here is where it gets really scary.
Mr Trump's Homeland Security appointee will by presidential decree, have all Muslims in the USA to be registered.
Since Trump's election, attacks on minorities have been on the rise, attacks on minority owned buildings are on the rise. (For those that remember, something akin to Enoch Powell's encouragement for "Paki-Bashing" as a sport).
One mosque has been vandalized by people that spray-painted swastikas and the words " Jews go Home". Seems that they should get their xenophobia correct.
Could a "krystalnacht" be around the corner?
One wonders whether Mr. Trump keeps a copy of "Mein Kampf" beside his beside table as a handy reference?
My neighbour, a Trump supporter asked why I cared because I was not a Muslim. I was too flabbergasted to respond
Much is said about Mr Trump's genius for business.
If one points out that Mr Trump has declared bankrupcy over 15 times where the employees have lost their pension funds, there is little reply.
Last week,Trumps attorneys agreed to pay out over 25 million dollars without admitting culpability to people that were defrauded by his now bankrupt " Trump University".
And so this is the man in charge of the largest economy in the western world?
I will not enter or discuss his position on Women's rights , health care and global warming because it becomes too depressing for words, suffice to say that many feel that the patient has taken over the insane asylum.
That is about it for now gentlemen, as the old Chinese curse states " We live in interesting times"
Merry Christmas everyone
Phred