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Just a Few, Ma'am


3/27/18. Now retired! Spend much time watching the stock market, where many of my $$ are invested. Last week was depressing. So, I watch the business news, a lot.  Fact about business shows: they trot in well dressed bull market advocates alternatively with equally well dressed bear market advocates. After enough of this, you are totally confused. What I've noticed about these "experts" is that each uses only a few parameters upon which they rely.  These are mixed with a rather heavy helping of intuition. Just like us in every day living.
Turning to politics, we are led to our leaders and which or what are the few parameters that guide them.  For Obama, it seemed that globalism and its corollaries were at the base of his thinking.  Namely, his desire to convert the world to a globalist Utopian dream.  Simple and idealistic.  For Trump, the parameters are not that clear, but he seems to prefers a more nationalistic view of the world where it remains divided into smaller zones of special interests. In this, his thinking is naturally led to preserving and protecting his particular region, namely the USA. He does this partly through deal-making, his preferred modus operandi. He also uses uncertainty constantly, and this causes consternation to many.
In details, of which you are spared today, we see both are messy. Both involve devices, deception, derogation, distraction, deceit, demonization, derision, and potential disaster. But…
Globalism has its flash points with the possible rampant cheating by some of its partners, putatively everyone.  We’ve seen this.  Nationalism has its flash points as well, with the traditional possibilities of zonal conflicts. We know this.
Doesn’t matter who’s elected in the next round.  That person will use only a few parameters plus intuition as a basis for all decisions. Thus, as always, it comes down to Trust, yes with a capital “T” !!!

 P.S.  In a way, Trump must be a most serious businessman.  However, in dealing with politicians his projection to consternation is easily matched by their recourse to duplicity.  

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