Submitted by Gary Evans of Global Macro Monitor
In our latest post, Beware Shorting Impeachments, we noted:
Bad things tend to happen in the world when the U.S. administration is distracted and looks weakened by political scandal. And, believe us, there is a legion of bad things out there just waiting to happen, all of which are stock market negative. – Global Macro Monitor
North Korea launched a ballistic missile Sunday afternoon which flew more than 500 kilometers, only one week after conducting its latest, successful ballistic missile test last Sunday, South Korea's military announced. The missile was launched at 0759 GMT from a location near Pukchang, 60 km northeast of the capital Pyongyang, an area where North Korea attempted to test-launch another missile last month but failed, South Korea's Office of Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement quoted by Yonhap.
There was a lot of pomp and circumstance upon Trump's arrival in Saudi Arabia. It's important to note, after 8 years of Iranian friendly Obama, the Saudis have strong motives to curry the favor of the new American President.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9nvmIRRqkA
Authored by Jake Anderson via TheAntiMedia.org,
With the President's base already turning against him (after appearing to flip-flop on five core campaign promises), Trump may be able to do the biggest reversal yet as The Hill reports that White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster suggested that President Trump may abandon the phrase "radical Islamic terrorism" in a scheduled speech in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.