And NOW - what can we expect?

1. The Obama residue.

a) Obama is NOT going to disappear, retire or retreat. On the contrary! He will squat in Washington DC and try to act as a government in waiting. He really does believe that he is  what the Country is waiting for and if he just waits he will be President again. I am not a friend of the Democrat Party, so I will be delighted to have him represent the Democrat Party.

b) The Republicans should start an investigation of Obama as soon as Trump is inaugurated. If Obama became an Indonesian citizen when his stepfather moved him to Indonesia, then his presidency was illegal and all the acts he signed and all his appointments are null and void. Do the Republicans have the stones to proceed? No, but Trump does.

c) Just as a curiosity, I would like to now if Moochelle Obama is a man or a trans gender. Many of her measurements are that of a man.

2. Trying to fix the fiscal mess.

a) The country is broke. No need to document this here and now. The Trump programs will need sound money to succeed. How?

b) A third of Trump appointees are hard money men. One way of rescuing the US Dollar is to make it convertible into gold: 10,000 USD=1 oz of gold (oro puro). Is there enough gold?

c) Trump and appointees want fiscal power to gravitate toward Treasury away from the FED. The FED's assumed power to pursue Keynesian economics will be cut. Expect whining from Obama and his friends in the Media.

3. Foreign affairs.

a) Trump's policies will be friendly to Israel.  He has already persuaded the Arab League to drop a resolution re the settlements. Moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem will be awesome.

b) Tump's biggest problems will be with the Chinese. Trade, money owed, currency manipulation, Taiwan and the islands China is building (and their militarization) will all be on the table. Trump has an ace; his Sec of State is a great negotiator.

c) Japan is in a death spiral because of Keynesian economics. Japan is also a US Creditor. Difficult days are ahead for Japan.

d) ISIS will be hard pressed. When the Islam-friendly US President will be gone ISIS will receive Russian, American and Turkish attacks. Lots of martyrdom opportunities.

e) The EU will be under further strain. Let's hope that Merkel will be too without Germany fallen into extreme ways. Merkel had the choice of getting workers from Eastern Europe; people who are WESTERNERS, BUT SHE CHOSE THE Muslims, much to the regret of her countrymen.

f) Russia will be a key surprise development. Don't be fooled by Putin calling for enlarging Russia's nuclear force. First, Russia does not need a larger nuke force and second, they can not afford it. Also, do not be fooled by Trump's response for to do the same. We can's afford it either. Nor do we need it. View these steps as preliminary negotiating points that will be given away. Also, they are to mollify idiots like McCain and Graham until serious negotiations can be done. The Russians want NATO to stand down on the Russian border and withdraw from the 'near beyond'. Europeans want Russia to mend fences with Ukraine. The Russians will not give up control of Sebastopol and large parts of the Crimea. That is not negotiable. But, there is not much difference between Eastern Ukraine and Russia, no matter what some people claim in Kiev. There will be a genuine cease fire in Ukraine. The big stumbling block will be the language rights of the Russians who settled in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Sending 800 troops there is designed to make Putin laugh himself to death. It's not working though he is appreciative of the joke.

3. US prospects.

a) The big news will be about the California secession. It may have to be occupied and the populace re-educated.

b) The goal of the Left in the wake of the Clinton defeat is to establish a permanent state of insurrection. Demonstrations, riots and cop killings. It will begin with moves to do away with 'sanctuary cities.'

c) Expect the Media to go to war with Trump. Actually, continue their war that began during the campaign for the election.

THE NEXT FOUR YEARS WILL BE FULL OF ADVENTURE Chinese curse.