The Trumpest

Big Donnie finds himself in the midst of a tempest he thought was going to go away. With the subpoena of the Trump Organization's files on their 'work' with Russia - dating back a couple of decades - the gloves could, at long last, be coming off. A new 'exposee' on the subject is claiming that Trump's dealings with 'important' Russian figures dates back to the 80's The books claim that it was through this relationship that Trump was 'informed' of Russian intentions to help him get elected after he had privately informed the Russians of his intention to run. The hacking of the DNC computers and other 'secret intel' on the Clinton's was part of that assistance.

While the Chief inquisitor waits to see how Trump defines the word 'subpeona' - for he could use his office to interfere with the material provided - US domestic politics will remain  'tittering' on the points of Trump's peccadilloes. As in other such investigations Trump could, possibly and like so many others investigated,  end-up facing completely unrelated criminal charges arising from discoveries from the investigatory process. Such things have come to light, particularly to 'encourage' testimony from recalcitrant or forgetful  witnesses - such as Paul Manafort.

Manafort's non-arrest home - "Tampa-ing with witnesses"

We won't even talk about Stormy Daniels and her 'case' which is taking on some unique 'evolutions'.  Tat muck is stuck on the wheels of the Presidential golf cart.  Whether Trump likes it or not, the story IS well and truly out - all that is missing is any detail Stormy might add that would enhance or detract from the President's prodigious, or not,  appetite for the exotic. The aforementioned book, while not exploring the 'salacious side' of Trump in Russia, does touch in Trump in Russia and that, if he played that true to form,  there would be some Russian 'Stormies' and their KGB/FSB  'handlers' who watch for,  and record,  'important' foreigners doing that kind of thing.

So what is to be done?

This where things get interesting for Trump has the power to do a lot. Not much of it however, domestically.

When Presidents, like Obama, Clinton, or LBJ, all the way back to James Polk needed the spotlight off themselves, they find an 'enemy' and start a 'diversionary' war. Looking around the world to-day Trump has more opportunities than any of his predecessors. He could 'do' Syria, or North Korea or Venezuela, or Yemen, or even Ukraine. Every one of them present America with the opportunity to exercise its 'righteous' military power to 'save' something, or right some already-advertised wrongs.

Syria would be the most obvious, at present - as a NATO article 3 event occurred, yesterday, when Syrian Army shelled a Turkish unit near Afrin. Overlooking the facts that Turkey bombed a Syrian Army post first and that, technically, Turkey is engaged in an unsanctioned invasion of Syria at the present time, a similar sort of 'case' to the 'Russians gassing their spies' scenario could be trotted-out for the US to 'back'. Ms Haley literally reserved America's 'right' to do that  that,  at the UN, just recently. A sustained air bombardment of, first, Syrian positions around Afrin - extending to some 'warning raids ' on Damascus might be just what Dr.Trump needs to 'cure' himself of the pesky 'diagnosticians'. Especially if he won.

 He could WIN something by pulling-out of Korea.  Particularly if he could conclude a non-aggression pact and peace treaty to bring to the UN for ratification. That might also win him  the kind of 'Nobel' his predecessor most certainly didn't deserve. But he needs tome time to do that,  so a short, sharp victorious war is a necessity. There is no guarantee that Assad would roll over, or that Israel would assist more than by occupying what's left of the Golan heights in Syrian possession. Israeli involvement might just unite the Moslems and change the Turks and Kurds from friends and allies into head chopping Jihadists who don't like America. They all don't like the Jews - that affects the Saudis as well. . Netanyahu however, is in the same boat as Trump - domestic trouble-wise.

So short and sharp would have to be somewhere else. Venezuela or an island, somewhere warm. That too would take an uptick in the kinds of activities that lead to public disorder requiring US intervention. Nothing is currently on the public horizon. Something could be 'produced' or 'managed'  but would the dark statists 'do it' for Trump? Apparently Donald was asking about a Venezuelan invasion earlier in the Spring. Go figure.

Ukraine would. As they might well have done at the recent Olympics (reputedly spiking Russians'  food with detectable dope) and, more recently,  in England with 'something' more deadly,  if less effective.

In the meantime the winds of change will blow, the seas of tribulation will rise, the Tempest abateth naught!