It’s a… new, new world

Who woulda thought world affairs would come to this…? The US accepted Russia on its proposed “Board of Peace” (BOP) that might just supplant the UN – while it bashed NATO countries over the head over Greenland!! Ostensibly, the BOP was supposed to oversee the future of Gaza – razed to the ground by Israel – but as is usual with Trump’s projects, it quickly morphed into taking care of the world’s trouble spots to bring peace. Now since this is pretty much the mission statement of the UN, you can understand the conflation!!
But why would this lead to a “new” world?? Well, speaking at the Davos party that brought together the movers and shakers of the world – where Trump floated his idea, Canada’s PM Carney was quite distraught over what he claimed was Trump’s destruction of the old “rules based” order!! America threatening Europe militarily?? Unthinkable!! Carney claimed that with the “middle order” countries such as Canada and those in the EU supporting America’s lead, they’d been able to pretty much rule the roost in the world! But with the US now looking out for number one as it seeks to MAKE America Great Again – apart from conceding that it had lost that greatness – they would now have to find it for themselves!!
And the first thing they should have done – on the assumption that there’s safety in numbers – was to huddle together to face the behemoths!! But with Carney signing a trade deal with China, you’d have to forgive Trump for feeling Carney and the rest were gonna gang up on him!! That they hadn’t joined up on his Board of Peace proposal had to’ve raised his antenna!! He immediately disinvited Carney from his BOP!! So where does that leave the world that WE inhabit – namely the Third World or, colloquially, the “sh*thole” countries?? Frankly, we should all be having a schadenfreude moment as we gloat and guffaw over the discomfiture of the “middle countries”!!
As Trump exposed, they’d been playing big and bad based on America’s strength – which protected them!! Trump explicitly called Carney “ungrateful”!! So, with the destruction of the old rules-based order, your Eyewitness not only wonders where their ambassadors get off interfering in our internal affairs but also why the Guyanese Quislings are falling over each other following their lead to cuss out the Speaker – and incredibly, the Govt!!
In this new world that Trump has created – all bets are off – save that each country gotta do what’s best for themselves!! It’s ALWAYS been like that – but Trump has ripped off the mask of sanctimonious piety that the Middle Countries have worn – as they did the dirty to us.
The US has already declared us to be an ally – and we should learn from Carney’s folly that it doesn’t make us equals!!
Let’s know our place!!

…big week ahead
So, while the world is churning and turning, we certainly aren’t lacking in drama down in our old Mudland!! And in fact, part of our hijinks has to do with our international obligations to the main international player roiling the system!! Now while your Eyewitness doesn’t think the US gonna duplicate their manoeuvre that extricated the sanctioned Mad Maduro – he feels that their patience must be wearing thin on Sanction Man!! They’ve already sent a signal that they aren’t losing interest – by sending down that Federal asset recovery fella to tie up expropriating the seized gold!!
And this should remind Sanction Man and his Daady that once the US has finished with them – and they’ve done their time in a federal penitentiary general population – they’ll be returned here to face those local charges that had been temporarily withdrawn to facilitate the extradition.
And then have $40B in assets seized!!

…hard day’s night
Apart from all their other contributions to popular culture, the Beatles introduced the phrase “a hard day’s night”, signifying a gruelling, exhausting workday that blends into the night! Like Ashni’s upcoming budget speech!!