MARCH 2 POTPOURRI

  March madness starts out with the weather. For us “couchers” the rest of the month will be men’s basketball. Then  it will be “Go Mets” or the boring Bombers.

  For those with any interest in world affairs especially emanating from DC perhaps  you know that the  US has 41 vacancies in Ambassadors including to some important allies: South Korea  where tensions ab out North Korea is at a peak; our Middle East stabilizers against Iran and radical Islam, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt our European bulkward Germany. Our key vacant posts are in  Turkey where relationships are strained but we have a need to protect the Kurds, as well as newly recognized Cuba. Trump does not have a personal envoy to the European Union which could be important in relationships with an aggressive Russia.

  This week Putin not only boasted that he had supper atomic weapons that could not be interscepted and had the potential to strike anywhere in the world including Florida. He also said he would use them in any attack on Russia or its allies (North Koreas?).

  Admist the White House chaos and turmoil PONTUS managed to antagonize the President of Mexico as well as the prime minister of Germany.

  He continues to attack his “Mr. Magoo” aka as, Secretary of Justice. Sessions. This may be related to the Mueller investigaton.

Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether any of Jared Kushner's business discussions with foreigners during the presidential transition later shaped White House policies in ways designed to either benefit or retaliate against those he spoke with, according to witnesses and other people familiar with the investigation.(USA TODAY 3/2/18)