#plantaganet

Trump cannot do anything before 20 January 2017.

However his statement of focussing on getting rid of Islamic State first and not Assad is something I have been writing about for some time. It seems Trump will be doing this in concert with Russia - hopefully through the UN Security Council.

Like all Presidents before him Trump has the dream of ending the Jewish - Arab conflict that still remains unresolved after 100 years.

Dare one believe he will do this by bringing Israel, Egypt and Jordan together to negotiate the allocation of sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza between their three respective States - the solution I have been advocating for 40 years.

Trump the deal maker and negotiator extraordinaire might just bring it off If he goes down this track.

If he tries anything else then he seems destined to fail like his predecessors.

Interesting times ahead for sure.