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   RM>> Trump seems to be keeping more quiet these days. I suspect he is getting   
     >> a lot more flak than he (or the news) is letting on.   
      
   MP>Sometime very recently, he held a meeting with Putin that ended in him   
     >promising another kiss-up... the US removing itself from a list of   
     >countries wanting to investigate Russia for war crimes... so he's not been   
     >quiet enough.   
      
   I really seems like he is getting manipulated by Putin and the rest   
   of the world is watching pretty closely because if the USA is on   
   Russia's side, who knows who Russia will invade next?   
      
   MP>I have seen this one in the news.  Canada is on the hook for the first X   
     >many, but can back out of the rest, costing Lockheed Martin a lot of   
     >potential dough.  The military contractors have a lot of influence.  Since   
     >Vietnam, and maybe before, they've got us stuck into a lot of wars and   
     >conflicts.   
      
   Yes, I guess it's in their interest if they can do anything to keep   
   the wars going.   
      
   MP>There has been an unsubstantiated claim that Trump made a gaffe the other   
     >day and reference Alaska as if it was not a state -- he supposedly talked   
     >about making it the 52nd state after Canada.  That was on social media so   
     >is probably a hoax.  Then again, maybe Putin has him convinced that it is   
     >part of Russia and he needs to buy it from them (again).   
      
   He may be miffed at Alaska because they are not fans at all of what he   
   has been doing. Then again, I wouldn't be shocked if he doesn't know   
   geography very well if it doesn't impact buildings he owns..   
      
   Today he was saying that in Canada he doesn't want the Consevatives to   
   win th coming election because "Poilievre was stupidly not nice to him".   
   He figures he'd prefer it if the Liberals get back in because he figures   
   he can more easily control them.. he's also back to saying we should be   
   the 51s state..   
      
   Two big polling places have been asking who people plan to vote for   
   and one said that the Conservatives are 1% ahead in the polls and   
   the other said that the Liberals are 5% ahead of them. It's probably   
   going to be a close race regardless, which unfortunately usually ends   
   in a Minority gov't where the Prime Minister can't get half the stuff   
   he wants to do done unless he gives something to another party to get   
   them to vote with him to push it through.   
      
   That was Trudeaus problem the last 3 years. He didn't have a Majority.   
      
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