Trump is a leading business tycoon of US so it is quite natural that he has assembled billionaires belonging to business community of his country round him whose views dominate his decisions pertaining to financial matters. There is a great wisdom in the saying of Khalil Jibran that woe betide the nation whose rulers were traders as they use their power for enhancing their pelf and then use their financial prowess for getting back into the citadel of power every time elections are held.
POST SCRIPT: Over three months have lapsed when war between Iran and America started but hitherto nothing definite can be said when is it going to end. In space technology America is one up than other super powers. Time was when the then Soviet Union had come quite close to it in this respect but it seems that America has now again overtaken Russia. Many political pundits believe that Chinese scientists have been busy in the matter and they might spring a surprise soon by declaring when are they sending astronauts on the lunar service.
The tragedy with the communist countries is that due to extreme censor ship world doesn’t know about the state of health of their leaders. Putin has been suffering from fatal disease but its details are being kept secret. This is in sharp contrast to freedom of press in the west particularly in the UK and USA where nothing remains hidden about the daily chores and state of health of their leadership. (Opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of WNAM).
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