President Donald Trump failed to get any of America's close allies to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.  Canada, Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Norway, Poland and Japan.  "I am not surprised by their action, however, because I always considered NATO, where we spend Hundreds of Billions of Dollars per year protecting these same Countries, to be a one way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need," Trump wrote in a   post on Truth Social   on Tuesday.   "Because of the fact that we have had such Military Success, we no longer 'need,' or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID! Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea," Trump said.  China, also no, and read this from  Quora: SETROSEA   ·   Follow Posted   by   KILLUA   Jan 31 BREAKING NEWS: WAR ALERT CHINA SENDS TYPE-055 DESTROYER TO IRANIAN WATERS.. At least one or more type-055 destroyers of Chin...

But first some good news.   Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump met this morning in Busan and came to a workable understanding .  Said Trump: “I guess, on the scale from zero to 10, with 10 being the best, I would say the meeting was a 12,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One after the meeting. “You know, just the whole relationship is very, very important. I think it was very good.” No details were released, but you can read that  article  for more. An hour before his meeting with Xi, Trump fired off the following social media missive: After Russia Conducts Nuclear Weapons Tests, Trump Announces U.S. Will Restart Its Own A tariff is one thing, but to re-enter a state of cold war where one incident can cause Armageddon, or the end of Humanity, is just another in a string of Trump's intentions regarding dictatorship and retrogression in dealing with global warming that have never before been voiced by past U.S. presidents.  Of course, he was in his ...

But first:  MOSCOW/WASHINGTON/KYIV >> President Donald Trump said today that Russia and Ukraine “will immediately start negotiations” toward a ceasefire and an end to their three-year-old war, speaking after he held a call with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Photos and a video about our departure from Vancouver on Air Canada. Air Canada Lounge cuisine of soup with beer, Bloody Mary, Johnny Walker Black Label on rocks and sparkling rosé. Our plane, showing snow still on Vancouver mountain on May 18. Airline meal. Final view of Canada. This is a weird photo of our plane right over Diamond Head. Returned home at 9:15PM.  Walked 3641 steps. Great night sleep.  So anyway, our 33-day trip was wonderful. We went to the Osaka Expo twice.   Amazingly enough, we won the lottery on both days, for we got to use their motor scooter each day.  FREE!!!  Four for four.  The odds of this happening had to be 100 to one for this to occur.   We st...