It seems Americans are considerably more sanguine than the British about President Donald Trump's future...
First-Term Trump Impeachment Odds: Paddy Power 60% - PredictIt 35%
According to US-based PredictIt, the odds of Trump being impeached during his first term are 35%...
However, money flow into UK bookies Paddy Power have pushed the odds of a first-term impeachment to 60%!
The University of Michigan Sentiment survey beat expectations with its preliminary August print (97.6 vs 94.0 exp) driven by a massive spike in 'hope' as currenct conditions slump to their weakest since Nov 2016.
How long will that 'hope' spike last?
As UMich details, half of all consumers in each of the last three Michigan surveys reported that their finances had recently improved, the best reading since 2000, the report showed. Americans were also upbeat about their financial prospects in the year ahead.
Traders barely had time to enjoy the lull from the "Armageddon trade" - the rising possibility of a nuclear exchange between the US and North Korea, which peaked over the weekend when various US officials said a nuclear war is not imminent, echoed by a statement by N. Korea's state-run news agency KCNA, before a new set of worries promptly took over, chief among them the ongoing slow motion train wreck in Donald Trump's administration coupled with yesterday's double terrorist attacks in Spain.
Around the world, few people trust Russian President Vladimir Putin to do the right thing when it comes to international affairs. A global median of roughly one-in-four (26%) say they have confidence in the Russian leader. However, as KeepTalkingGreece reports, Greeks love the Russian President; much more so in fact than US President Donald Trump.
Authored by Henrik Choy via NationalInterest.org,
Can common enemies and threats keep Britain and the United States together for decades to come?