TOO MUCH FOCUS ON THE US

Eric Bahrt may not buy it, but smear campaigns, dirty dancing, making promises that are never fulfilled or honoured, and more, are part of every politician’s kit bag, a repertoire you might say.

Most genuinely honest people do not fare well as politicians. Gone are the days when voters voted on issues.

What you see, is certainly not what you get. Today most people vote for personalities. It has always been might makes right, and full speed ahead, damn the torpedoes. Mr Bahrt, like many others, may not like President Trump, but he is a reality and here to stay unless otherwise. Just as General Prayut is favoured by most Thais in the polls, Mr Trump is favoured the same way. No country is a utopia, a paradise within itself.

Rather than waste time bemoaning the likes and dislikes of Trump, it might be good to give more thought to those who live in Syria, Turkey, North Korea, Cambodia, and a few other countries. Their citizens (slaves) are not so free to express either their likes or dislikes.

Enigmatic Donald Trump keeps on tossing “trump cards”. He still may be one of the best things that ever happened to a stodgy, lethargic, lackadaisical America where the good life has been taken for granted for far too long. General Golani