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Authored by Soren Kern via The Gatestone Institute,

Shortly after moving into the White House, President Trump promised a "major investigation into VOTER FRAUD" and vowed that any evidence of wrongdoing would be used to strengthen voting procedures.  The following tweets undoubtedly 'triggered' millions of liberals across the country as visions of 'racist' voter ID laws danced in their heads.

I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and....

In what she has called an "all-hands-on-deck moment for our democracy," Federal Election Commissioner Ellen Weintraub has inserted herself into the fading 'Russia-did-it' narrative demanding the federal government's probe into alleged Russian influence is widened to foreign companies and internet sites that take political ads, like Facebook or the Drudge Report.

Citing petitions from leftist anti-Trump groups...

At the start of February, a shocking poll revealed that Germany's Social Democrat, or SPD, party - under the new leadership of former Europarliament head Martin Schulz - had managed to overtake Angela Merkel's dominant CDU ahead of Germany's federal elections in the fall of 2017.  However, just three months later, "Schulz' fairytale turned into a nightmare for Germany’s SPD" as the party scored its worst ever result in today's election in Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia (or NRW).

Most of the results are in, and while it remains close, Macron will likely be the winner of the first French presidential round and is set to face Marine Le Pen in the runoff.

What does that mean for various asset markets and the bigger macro picture?  Here are two forecasts, just released from Goldman and Citi.

First, Goldman Sachs: