…the day after
Even if there weren’t so many Guyanese living in America, the American elections would’ve still transfixed us. Let’s face it: they’ve actually told the rest of the world that this side of the Atlantic is their backyard – in their Monroe Doctrine!! And we’re scattered across the globe cause one of our leaders (Jagan) decided to test their resolve! We better keep our fingers on their pulse!!
So, it looks like Trump’s gonna win their political trifecta – he’s already grabbed the Presidency, secured the Senate, and is well on his way to controlling the House. Then, of course, he’s already stacked the Supreme Court with conservatives, so that whatever “check and balance” that was created to be exerted is now gone for channa!! So, all those moaning and groaning about an “autocracy” here in Mudland should be salivating at what’s ahead for the US of A!!
In his first turn at the wheel, 2016-2020, quite a few oldline Republicans in Congress didn’t support Trump’s policies. But since then, he’s remade the GOP in his image, and will have his way. Most critical is the 900-page “Project 2025” document – prepared by the Heritage Foundation and other likeminded think tanks – that details the changes he’s gonna be making. Right off the bat, he’s gonna do away with the notion that bureaucrats in charge of executing governmental policies oughta be “neutral”!! No siree, Bob!! He’s gonna be getting rid of most of the incumbent bureaucracy and fill the positions with true believers in his vision!!
The PPP government that complains of our Public Service sabotaging their programs here will have a veeery sympathetic ear in Washington about cleaning that swamp!!
Trump’s biggest shaking up of the present status quo will be pulling the rug from under a Europe that’s been coddled since WWII. They’re gonna have to pay their way for their defence, and we’ve already seen a fallout in Germany – Europe’s largest economy – where the government fell on the same day Trump was elected!! Here in our neck of the woods, those 300 million barrels of oil sloshing around under Mad Maduro’s feet will prove irresistible, and he should look out for a fire being lit under the said feet!!
The 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit of their heads of state gonna be held on Nov 18 -19. And while Trump won’t be there, of course, expect leaders emboldened by his election – like India’s Modi – to be much more forceful!! China, of course, is Trump’s greatest bugbear, and as he uses the stick of tariffs with the carrots of inducements for US companies to relocate “home”, expect us to be caught in some of that crossfire!
In the meantime, let’s focus on getting our house in order!!
…the days to come
Your Eyewitness just can’t understand this Opposition. If he didn’t know better, he’d swear they’re working to return the PPP to office come 2025!! Take the elections’ fraud charges that were slapped on GECOM CEO Lolo and his Maleficent Eight!! This was delayed for years by a series of Opposition stratagems involving all sorts of detours and frolic – like inapplicable Constitutional motions and an inexplicably ill magistrate.
Well, we’ve finally got a new magistrate, so you’d think the Opposition would get on with it so’s not to run into the runup to the 2025 elections – thus keeping their rigging perfidy in front of the voters’ eyes!! But the defence lawyer – who just happens to be an Opposition Leader – is fighting tooth and nail to have all the matters introduced in the trial up to now be thrown out!!
This, of course, would prolong the trial – with the aforementioned shooting of the Opposition in the foot. Like the Sanctimonious Gangster’s firing of 7000 sugar workers, is this a death wish??
…today
The PPP continues inveigling oldline Opposition supporters to mosey over to their tent by fulfilling their incredible Manifesto promises on house lots, investments and cash infusions. The latest being 200 house lots allocated at Amelia’s Ward!! PPP tsunami 2025!!
