Month: July 2017

Trump: This Cannot Go On.

July 12, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Trump returned from Hamburg convinced he had done a good job for America. Not all the other 19 of the G20 would agree with him because there were sharp differences on climate change and free trade, but there was goodwill all round and a positive outcome of the meeting with Putin. So was his homecoming […]

Did Trump Throw May A Lifeline?

July 9, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

I am sure he thought he did. Trump’s charm, perhaps his power, is his optimism and self belief. So the G20 was a ‘wonderful success’ and Britain can have a wonderful strong trade deal, very soon. And his relationship with May is close and special. For the beleaguered May, whose Cabinet is barley on speaking […]

Trump and Putin: A New Beginning?

July 8, 2017 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Regular readers of this blog will know that consistently, since 2009 when I first went into print on such things, I have been highly critical of what I regard as the mis-handling of Russia post Cold War. I also dismiss in its entirety the argument that Russia is somehow aggressive and seeking to de-stabilize the […]