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Bastille Day is the day in 1789 when the masses in France, despairing their grievances would never be addressed, stormed the Bastille military fortress. It was a turning point for the French Revolution and is celebrated annually with parades, fireworks and general festivity.
This year the salute at the military parade down the Champs Elysees was taken jointly by the new President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump. France is the U.S.’s oldest ally — the French navy and French troops helped colonists defeat the British and achieve independence over 240 years ago.
The two leaders are happy to partner against Islamic State group in Syria, and both also favor better relations with Russia. Trump had a two-hour meeting with Putin at the G-20 meeting; Macron met with Putin twice, first at Versailles and then again at the G-20.
Trump talked trade with Macron and even suggested something new on the Paris Climate Accord.
Does anyone remember “the October surprise,” the 1980 election scandal where the Ronald Reagan campaign is purported to have struck a deal with Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini to delay the release of U.S. hostages until after the election? It sabotaged President Jimmy Carter‘s own deal with Iran’s moderate President Abolhassan Banisadr. In comparison, Trump returned home to another storm in a teacup.
Some Russian promised dirt on Hillary Clinton. He met with Donald Trump, Jr. and had little to offer. As these things go, the Russian was probably enhancing his own business status by appearing close to the Trump family. The Democrats are back screaming Russian interference in the election. Question: Would Clinton’s people have followed up on such an offer?
Meanwhile, the long trail of corruption reaching back to Arkansas and how Clinton miraculously turned US$1,000 into US$100,000 trading commodities, a significant figure when her husband was earning about a third of that amount, and many other questions, will continue to dog her. How about the trade confirmations necessary for tax purposes, and something anyone with a spouse in politics would keep to establish propriety. These would surely prove her claims.
Hillary and Bill Clinton have earned US$153 million from speech making. In a July 31, 2015, Rolling Stone article, former President Jimmy Carter is quoted as saying, the U.S. “is an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery. They pay their money and get what they want. It is no longer the democracy that made this nation great.”
By the way, the Jimmy Carter Center is not sitting on billions collected for a foundation. It has nearly eradicated river blindness (Guinea worm) in Africa and is fighting other neglected tropical diseases like trachoma. It also monitors foreign elections when asked to, fights for human rights, and for peaceful conflict resolution.
One also remembers what the hacking did — it exposed the Democratic establishment as thoroughly corrupt — so dirty it needs a ton of Clorox bleach.
