The Bully Boy

 

Donald Trump reminds me of that bully boy, a playmate from my childhood, with whom we played football.

 Unlike us, he was a kind of  child, to whom his parents did not deny anything. 

Some evenings, when he got tired of his individual games, he would join us in the small  field where we strolled around until the sun went down. Often he  brought with him a new football of his.

Then two teams were formed. I remember that he wanted to build his team with the strongest and most capable, even if the latter were not always happy to be on his side. 

Nonetheless, when his team lost, or he couldn't score, or things didn't turn as he said, he accused the referee of favoritism and in order to win, he was able to argue that one of his shots, clearly out of goal,  had instead entered the mirror of the door. 

When he was unable to impose his will, he would walk away, taking his balloon with him. 

So, sometimes, in order not to remainfootballless, we would bow his head and give it to him. 

This is what Donald Trump clearly  did. 

He wanted to take the White House away, because the voters didn't vote him. 

But this time, the owner of the ball went wrong.

Brexit-III

Meanwhile sterling has slid to its lowest lever against the dollar in the last seven years. And many big companies in Britain have expressed the choose to remain in. These are part of the result for fearing Brexit.

It's useless to say the the political destiny of Mr Cameron is now in the polls. 

It's very hard to imagine his staying still in Dowining street if he looses his campaign for UK remaining in the European Union.

Now the debate between the two parties, pro Brexit and against, is getting warmer.

The Brexiters say UK will become greater again out of the European club. They also add that economic adavantages can be provided by bilateral agreements as many other countries have done with the EU; and they quote Canada, South Korea, India, China and many others.

Nevertheless observers note that bilateral economic treaties might not work the same with Great Britain. Furthermore there is much more involving of EU in the fight against terrorism that Britain could not achieve on its own.

It seems to me that most of the Brexiters issues are only nothing but a nostalgic dream over a greatness which can be reached only staying inside the European Union.

And this is woth also for France and Germany.

But the road for an integrated political EU is still hard; just paved with good intentions, at the very moment.

I still believe, none the same, the European Union has a great future: with or without English people.

3. the end.