Politics

Hillary Clinton’s election campaign fallout continues lurching from bad to worse, with big campaign donors reportedly demanding a “campaign autopsy” to explain what happened to $1.5 billion in late campaign donations. At her New York bash to thank big donors of $1 million or more, Clinton reportedly refused to take any blame for her failed campaign, instead pointing the finger at James Comey and Vladimir Putin. However her spin did not work, and she has lost a lot of credibility in the eyes of her donors, VIP boosters, and campaign advisers.

It appears the so-called 'Twitter-spanking' approach of president-elect Trump is working. First Carrier, then Ford, and now, following his earlier jab at Lockheed's F-35 costs by asking Boeing to price-out a comparable F-18, Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has reportedly given Trump her "personal commitment" to "aggressively" drive down costs of the F-35 program. The question is what was the quid-pro-quo in this instance?

Following this tweet from Trump...

Tens of thousands of French soldiers and police officers will be patrolling the streets and transport hubs during Christmas and New Year in France. The French interior minister has announced that the security measure is a general response taken in the face of a ” high” terrorist threat level and comes in the wake of recent attacks.

Since Donald Trump's election, the credit risk of two of the world's most important nations has diverged dramatically...

Aside from Chile, China's credit risk has worsened quite notably in the last 7 weeks since Donald Trump was elected.

British Generals and military advisors have arrived in Syria to recruit, train and unify the terrorists who have been forced out of Aleppo, to continue with the bloodshed in the country. The Russian daily Izvestia reports UK Defense Minister Sir Michael Fallon saying that 20 British military instructors have already arrived in Syria to “restore the combat capability of units of the moderate opposition which has retreated from Aleppo”.