SMM12 3: Trump
Recently, there have been new developments in the "access to Russia" incident, with Trump's former private lawyer Cohen admitting to perjury in written material on the timing of the Trump Tower project in Moscow. It was also the first time he had publicly outlined Trump's deal with Moscow in court. Cohen, who has worked for Trump for more than a decade and is Trump's confidant, pleaded guilty to eight charges, including bank fraud and tax evasion, as early as August, and the court will sentence the case on December 12. Cohen faces four to five years in prison.
The next day, Kremlin spokesman Peskov disclosed two emails from Cohen, in which Cohen said he wanted to meet with Putin's chief of staff or Peskov himself to discuss the Trump Tower development in Moscow. And Cohen offered Putin a top apartment worth $50 million to attract wealthy Russian businessmen. The news revived questions about Trump's relationship with the Russian government.
In response, Trump angrily said Cohen was a coward, that his actions were to reduce his sentence, and that the project was over in a very short period of time. Trump even cancelled his meeting with Putin, which shows that he is very upset.
On the other hand, Deutsche Bank, which is inextricably linked to Trump, is once again caught up in a "money laundering scandal." On Thursday, local time, 170 federal police, prosecutors and tax inspectors raided Deutsche Bank and searched its Frankfurt headquarters and five offices. On the same day, German bank European stocks fell 3.4%.
Deutsche Bank is Trump's "savior," and it was the bank that gave him a loan to bring him back to life when Trump was in bankruptcy in the early 1990s. After that, Deutsche Bank made two more loans to Trump in 1998 and 2000, respectively, and Trump has not yet paid it off.
Democrats are curious why Deutsche Bank is willing to lend to Trump. Muller, the special prosecutor in Russia, has also asked Deutsche Bank to provide information on the Trump family's loan to examine whether the loan is related to Russia. And all this intensified with the defeat of the Republican Party in the mid-term elections, in order to find clues to the ordinary Russia of Trang. As soon as it sits in ordinary Russia, the House of Representatives will immediately launch an attack, launch impeachment, and incite public opinion to put pressure on the Senate. By then Trump's presidential dream will be over.
Macron
There has also been recent unrest in France, where three protest movements have broken out in just half a month since mid-November, all of which have turned into violent attacks. The protesters wore "yellow vests", some holding iron bars and axes, igniting cars, buildings and even provincial governments, causing black smoke on the streets of Paris and dilapidated Champs Elysees. The French government has considered a state of emergency. It is reported that between December 1 and the early morning of December 2, more than 130000 people took part in the protests, killing one person, injuring 133 people, and arresting more than 400 people. At that time, Macron was still meeting in Argentina, worried. On the morning of the 2nd, he immediately returned home for an emergency meeting, and Prime Minister Philip also cancelled his visit to Poland.
The incident stems from public dissatisfaction with Macron's policy of increasing value-added tax on oil. At a time when the French economy is not in the doldrums, the French government wants to solve its economic problems by raising taxes, causing outrage among the people at the bottom of France. Some far-right elements shouted "Macron step down" directly, and Macron's approval rating plummeted to 26% from 64% last year. Macron's response is crucial, once France is also controlled by the far right. Europe will fall completely into the hands of the far right, when more countries will announce their departure from the EU or become isolationist and unilateralist like Mr Trump, whose stability is vital to the world.
Unlike in the past, the "yellow vest" movement has spread from France to Belgium and Italy, so whether it will detonate the European version of the "Arab Spring" is a big question.
