Shutdowns, sanctions and saving Argentina: What could possibly go wrong? |
What possibly could go wrong? Congress refuses to consider negotiating a compromise on reopening the government.
Whenever I come across National Guardsmen or other uniformed federal law enforcement officers patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C., I engage in polite conversation gently asking what their real role is; what would happen if they saw a major crime being committed; thanking them for their service; and asking how or if they are managing without being paid by Uncle Sam's sequestration. Responses not provided.
The ceasefire in Gaza is dangling by a thread. Vladimir Putin has cancelled talks on the war in Ukraine. Irreconcilable differences over a Ukrainian peace agreement have relegated the once highly advertised great Budapest summit to where it should have been in the first place: a garbage compactor. Ukraine will not get Tomahawk missiles — a great shame, as they are needed to threaten vulnerable energy infrastructure and drone factories deep inside Russia to force Putin to come to the negotiating table.
Yet, despite imposing new sanctions on Russia, Trump seems to believe a peace deal could be reached or has not forgone complete hope. Trump's optimism........