Saw the excitement on TV about the new travel ban that is supposed to keep Americans safe. Big news that people from Iraq are no longer banned. How many billions or should it be trillions of dollars did US government pour into Iraq to keep it safe. Maybe the trillion is an exaggeration as I am only a Beagle (a smart one) but no one has given the figure and soldiers are still fighting in Iraq to free one of the major cities from ISIL. When does the next century begin? Well Trump did question why we have nuclear weapons if we do not use them.

And we have the first challenge to his ban from the great state of Hawaii. I haven’t seen the reasons but I can imagine that this will cause many tourists to go elsewhere and isn’t this state all about tourism. And I guess this could cause all those jobs that Trump promised to go elsewhere (like outside the USA) because lots of people work in the tourist industry. And this will affect lots of other countries. A young woman who was a Canadian citizen (born in Canada) but had an Indian name was denied entry and told to get a VISA which Canadian citizens do not need. She has visited the US many times but border guards now have a mandate to deny anyone they don’t like or is a little brown around the edges.

But I have more important doggy news. I just love that ice and freezing rain because when my dad takes me out in the morning he has difficulty navigating the road and this morning he had to take me off the leash or else he would have fallen. It was great as I got to run free like the wind, and I never respond to being called. I have to live up to a Beagle’s reputation. However, mom had already developed a new technique when this happened and that was to open the front door and in the hallway place a bowl of Fancy Feast Tender Turkey Primavera canned cat food. There is also the Tuscany variety. Well, my nose can smell this from a great distance so I turned around on my travels and headed back to the house. As much as I like summer I am rarely off the leash so winter is good.

I have heard that Trump is all about the moment from his nightly tweets to his rants at his rallies. Trump is definitely the first US President that governs by tweets. Let the whole world know what the ‘leader of the free world’ is thinking moment-by-moment. Well, it certainly is a new strategy but not sure how effective it is.