Brexit, Trump, COVID . Today, on what is Christmas day, I…
By: Avguste Antonov
Tags: Trump, Brexit, Covid 19 Crisis

Today, on what is Christmas day, I would like to quickly jot down my thoughts on some of the latest news:

1.After years of negotiations, the UK government and EU have come to a final agreement regarding Brexit and future commercial relations. For those of you that are interested in the details of the agreement, feel free to check the relevant news sites (France Info , BBC News , The Guardian and other news outlets).

My personal take on the Brexit is that it hurts the UK more than it hurts the EU, although both UK and EU citizens will be affected by new travel rules. For those interested, the current rules for EU citizens visiting the UK can be found at the UK Home Office website. I also do think that in about 1–2 years, the UK will realize that Brexit was bad to begin with, and they will start the process of rejoining the EU. And I do think the EU should stay open minded about this and when it happens welcome the UK back in the European Union.

2. Joe Biden has become the United States President-elect on November 3rd and about 45 days later, the current holder of the office cant get over the defeat, promotes wild conspiracy theories and questions the United States democratic system. And doing all of this for his own benefit, instead of focusing his efforts on helping improving the COVID situation. I personally do think the US did well to get rid off Trump because he was steadily and slowly taking the country toward a dictature….my family and some friends do think the last 4 years were already dictature because of all the laws Trump has broken.

As someone living in Europe now, there are 2 things that I think will happen with Trump after January 20 and President Biden takes office:

a) legal problems for Trump, the Trump family and organisation will grow and become very real. Already, the 2 Deutsche Bank bankers responsible for Trump accounts resigned. Check out the article on CNN . And such things will continue to occur as people are looking to get out of Trump orbit and protect themselves and their family from legal issues.

b) In about 5–10 years, I do think we will see a TV series relating the Trump years. Whether it is a comedy series or a serious one, no idea. Given all the various weird things Trump has done or said the past 4 years, a comedy show could be appropriate….

3. the COVID is becoming more and more worrying. And it is crazy to see people on both sides of the ocean disregard the health guidelines by traveling and shopping in various stores. And it is hard to comprehend that governments think contamination are easier by going to concerts, gyms, movies or sports events than by shopping in malls……People need to get used and need to learn to shop online, including for food. And governments need to let the arts industries, the sports industries restart fully.

Out here in France, we just finished the 2nd lock down and we are now in curfew until January 20, however there are doctors and scientists arguing right now about imposing a 3rd lock down. And some are arguing for this 3rd lock down to be as strict as the one we had last March…..As much as people have been following the guidelines for the past 2 lock downs, I dont think a 3rd one will go down very well and if a 3rd one is imposed, I think we will see more and more people resisting the rules imposed by the government.

And I will finish this blog story with a question which I have been wondering since last February. We have scientists doing research all over the world and for many years….I have a hard time believing that no scientist has ever found this COVID and no research was ever made to potentially face such a problem…..Do I think that scientists have been misleading the world? I dont know and scientists do deserve the benefit of the doubt, however the world also needs answers regarding what they knew and when.