One helluva first year of Trump II

In exactly one year, Donald Trump has probably had more impact at home and on the world stage than any previous American president. Whether this will be seen as a good thing or bad thing we won't have too long to wait. The greatest disruption on the world stage has been the explosive, and in some senses, deteriorating relationship between the US underTrump and the whole of Europe and the whole of the Nato alliance. Everything is topsy turvy and unsettled and unsettling, with Trump accusing Europe of being weak and on the whole pretty useless. European leaders have no idea from day to day whether Trump is going to praise them and support them or criticise them and drop them. All his daily thoughts he puts on the Truth Social media platform and very often the remarks he makes about Europe or individual European nations is so scathing and rude, it's no longer funny. He seems to mean every word he says, until he changes his mind. Unpredictability is his watchword. But in the process he has managed to force the European members of Nato to spend more on defence, he has arranged for Europe to take over the Ukraine problem, he has sorted out Gaza after months of devastating Israeli bombing, he has tried his best to persuade Putin to stop the war with his neighbour and he has put the hateful and brutal Nicolas Maduro behind bars. Plus he has put the rest of the Western Hemisphere on notice that any one of them will be given the Venezuela treatment if they don't play ball and stop the drugs trails into the US. The Trump impact is staggering. He had Iran in his sights until the Tehran regime suddenly stopped killing people in the streets, and he is pursuing his determination to put Greenland under the Stars and Stripes flag. One way or another I think he will succeed, despite outrage and opposition from Europe. Yes, the first year has been Trump KAPOW year. BUY AND READ AGENT REDRUTH, MY NEW SPY THRILLER, SEQUEL TO SHADOW LIVES. AMAZON, WATERSTONES, ROWANVALE BOOKS