Archive for December, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump has spoken to dozens of world leaders since his stunning victory in the 2016 Presidential Election. Among Asian leaders, he has spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, Korean President Park Geun-hye and the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. But it was his call to Taiwanese President Tsai […]
... written on Dec 05 2016U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone on Friday with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, becoming the first U.S. president or president-elect to do so since President Jimmy Carter adopted a one-China policy in 1979. He was not supposed to do that because that would not be aligned with decades of diplomatic practice. By having […]
... written on Dec 03 2016Hollande took office in 2012 promising to be “Mr. Normal”, but is forced to exit today as “Mr. Unpopular”. He won his presidency after French people got enough of lavish spending under former president Nicolas Sarkozy. Lived like a king, Sarkozy splurged about US$16,000 per day on food and owns 21 cars that were kept […]
... written on Dec 02 2016Suddenly every single UMNO member and supporter sings like a canary – praising and worshipping Donald Trump as if he is Allah. Trump’s stunning victory has indeed made him very popular, so much so that the President-elect is now more popular in Muslim countries than in his own country, the United States. That’s absolutely amusing!! […]
... written on Dec 01 2016
