Witch hunt.

I can never recall a U.S. President saying that he is a victim of a witch hunt. But I can now, more than once, in writing too. Donald Trump has apparently admitted that he is now under official investigation for obstruction of justice. Abuse of power looks like it will be relatively easy to prove. Put the two together and Watergate may repeat it itself. How much longer will the underlying powers that be in the U.S. permit what should be the greatest nation in the world to self harm?

I watched former FBI director Comey’s and Attorney General Session’s testimony on TV and from a non-partisan stand point I found the former more credible, especially when Sessions answered that he could not recall to some questions. Should that be something the top law guy in the land should be admitting?

Is Special Counsel Bob Mueller now investigating Trump on criminal charges? I was interested that both Trump and now Vice President Mike Pence have engaged lawyers. Understandable but raising the question that there is something to defend. If Trump is under criminal investigation, how long before he is interviewed and how will that play out?

I read there are rumours circulating that Trump is looking to fire Mueller possibly via firing the Assistant Attorney General I guess. Wouldn’t that be obstruction of justice? Just a thought.

The Grenfell Tower block fire in London was awful. I can’t imagine how it must be to be trapped in a burning building with no way out. The death toll is likely to be over 70 I’m led to understand. What is worse is that this fire looks like it was avoidable and warned about with similar, less serious fires taking place in the UK and Australia. The investigation will be long but initially it looks like flammable cladding may be a major culprit and at the end of it all, cost. There will likely be thousands of other high-rise buildings that may be at risk. Hopefully, not so much in Canada. There is limited data to go on though due to cutbacks over many years so I’ve read.

French President Macron has won a landslide victory in the French Parliamentary elections. However, the turnout was low, the worst in history at less than 50 per cent. There may be a warning for the future there. Right now, with Brexit talks set to start the EU is a little more stable.

The Qatar crisis has taken a back-seat due to the plethora of other big news but it still rumbles on. Qatar is essentially isolated and supplies that came in from neighbouring Saudi Arabia are blocked. Thus far, UAE and Bahrain have sided with Saudi Arabia, while Turkey has spoken up for Qatar. Iran has taken a cautious approach and the west if trying not so side with anyone. China is trying to stay neutral while Russia has been blamed to trying to break up alliances. This could all blow up into something very nasty.

Canada has agreed to boost its defence spending by over 70 per cent in the next ten years. This is attributed to pressure from a certain gentleman in the U.S. but in my view, is long overdue. There are threats out there. The military need the right tools for the job and to be looked after when they’ve done it.