IF the Ukraine-Russia war does not escalate into a worldwide nuclear holocaust, the Israel-Hamas war does does not expand into the entirety of the the Arabian peninsula, China does not invade Taiwan, there is no new pandemic and the effects of global warming do not suddenly become uncontrollable, Donald Trump will dominate the headlines in 2024.  Sure, there will be other issues, like the potential danger of AI, metastability of cryptocurrency, actions of the Supreme Court and continuing romance of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Then today, two more peccadillos, which for almost anyone else would be career destroying and worse: Apparently, when he was president, he took nearly $8 million from a bunch of foreign countries, outlined in the  Raskin House report .  China gave him $5.5 million to gain influence.  So did those others. Newly released Jefferey Epstein documents again showed Donald Trump, who, like many other prominent people, like Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton, were involved

Well, the day finally came, for former president Donald Trump was arraigned in a Florida court, indicted, electronically fingerprinted, plead not guilty to everything, released, should get $2 million at a fundraiser and will  give a speech tonight  at 8:45PM EDT from his Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey.  On what, who really knows.  But his judge has not limited what he can say. You can read the details  here .  Some might want to watch the analyses on MSNBC with Rachel Maddow and her cohorts at 8PM EDT. Here is my take: The court cases are getting more and more serious for Trump.  Sure, "stealing"  15 boxes  of  more than 300 ( 325, actually ) confidential files  and  11,000 records  from his office when he left the presidency was a concern.  Worse was his effort to defy the government which tried to get those papers back.  This was nothing like Biden and Pence embarrassingly returning mostly trivial information they mistakenly took. If Trump had acted similarly, today

Donald Trump has been uncharacteristically quiet following his $5 million payment to E. Jean Carroll.  Well, you can watch him tonight at 8PM EDT ( 2PM Hawaii ) at a  CNN town hall  moderated by Kaitlan Collins to take questions from New Hampshire Republicans and undeclared voters. Too early to tell if this is the beginning of Trump's fall.  The next real poll will be crucial.  But is Biden in trouble anyway? At this point, 545 days until 5 November 2024, presidential election day, anything can happen.   Time  magazine  had a comprehensive article on this subject just yesterday.  Showcased was the newest  ABC-Washington Post survey  ( taken this past weekend--so before the Caroll win ): President Joe Biden's job approval hit a career low of 36%.  68% of Americans said that he is too old for another term. This is the lowest on record for a first-term president a year and a half from the next presidential election. Harry Truman  39% Gerald Ford  40% Jimmy Carter  37% Donald Trump