The new world…and us

As we dissect and pick apart our TRILLION DOLLAR BUDGET – let’s remember that while it’s waaaay bigger than our pre-oil offerings – in the grand scheme of the globalised world we have to manoeuvre in – it’s only about US$7.5 BILLION!! And that’s chump change to the folks who gathered last week at Davos – billionaires, a trillionaire, and riffraff millionaires rubbing shoulders with Presidents and Princes – to wheel and deal for the new world that’s been created by President Trump!  He took off the mask from the liberal narrative that held sway for 200 years and – refreshingly in the eyes of your Eyewitness – showed what it’s always been all about – money and power!!
And whoever got the money got power – and whoever got power can squeeze them for money!! Canada – one of the most sanctimonious when it came to playing the liberal do-gooder and save-the-world shtick! – let the cat out of the bag where it had been hidden out of sight – that between nations, it was always “might is right” and the devil take the hindmost!! When we didn’t get the promised benefits after toeing the line drawn by the big boys – and reinforced by the not-so-big boys like Canada, who got a (smaller) piece of the action – we were blamed for “not doing enough”!! Somehow, it was always the big boys that came out smelling like roses – and we accepted that we just gotta “try harder!!
Well, President Trump’s demand to take over Canada and Greenland wasn’t no different from when the rest of the West had taken over our countries – but then we were “uncivilised” and needed “tutoring”!! Canada and the rest of the lot in Europe now realise that with them facing possible takeovers, it implies THEY’RE in the same boat as we “uncivilised” people!! The horror!! The horror!! Well, it’s our turn to gloat… And your Eyewitness says, “More power to Trump!!” With our 13 billion barrels of sweet, light, top-grade premium oil, we have the attention of the world – from the two heavyweights to the wannabes like Canada and Britain!!
It’s not a coincidence that they’ve all been beating a path to our door!! Now what we gotta remember is that while they’ve been kicked to the kerb by Trump, they still got the old mindset where they think we’re stupidee!! They’ll sweet-talk us about democracy and parliamentary etiquette, etc – while they fleece us nekkid!! So, let’s feed them with a long spoon – and count our fingers after shaking hands!!
We gotta be careful about all those loans they’re offering. While we can afford to borrow because of our oil revenues, we can take it for granted there’s a catch somewhere!!
They just can’t change after two hundred years!!

…with the US and Iran
In the new world, we can expect much more international brinkmanship than we’ve gotten used to! The Venezuelan “Operation Absolute Resolve” that took out Mad Maduro seems to’ve become a template for a repeat performance – this time against Iran!!
Just as was the prelude in Venezuela, a fleet’s being assembled off Iran – an even bigger one!! – and Trump has said if they don’t abandon their nuclear programme, the US will strike far worse than Operation Midnight Hammer, which supposedly pushed back the said programme into the Middle Ages!! So, is this bit of overkill being executed to also “run” Iran for its oil??
Here, however, if Iran abandons its nuclear bomb potential, it has no defence against Israel!! As someone said when the Sanctimonious Gangster was rigging – “This ain’t gonna end well”!!

…Venezuela and us
Maria Machado says she’s gonna return to Venezuela for a “democratic transition”!!
But maybe as a Chavista, Delcy might better sell acceptance of the ICJ decision??