finally flipped?

We were over here for the original run-up to the Presidential elections and it is notable how much airtime that took on US TV channels.

It's still the same, with almost no other news on the main channels and the evenings filled with analysis of the latest speech or alleged wrongdoing of the so-called President.

It's reached a level that warfare has a term for: containment theory. When the situation is so complicated that no-one can understand all of the moving parts.

Individual pundits know about their piece of the jigsaw. There's the Cohen trial and even whether Trump was considering a pardon in return for loyalty? We know that didn't happen.

There's Manafort, who looks more grimy by the day in TV reports. Now trying to dodge a 24-year jail sentence because the investigation wasn't supposed to uncover his particular line of mis-deed.

We get the liars in court, the ever-increasing supply of pay-off cheques. There's the inflation of net worth of that man to help secure bank loans. I'm sure I could get a better loan if I added $4 billion to my apparent wealth.

Then there's the stuff that hasn't really surfaced. Mueller's investigations into Russia. The role of Felix Sater on the same floor of Trump Tower as Trump.

We've just had the rambling two hour speech by Trump to his supporters. The Washington Post counted 109 falsehoods in the speech. The so-called President is starting to use obscenities (mild by UK standards) to pep up his run at the next election. I can imagine the new red hats already.

In other news we saw this Mercedes wagon flip over and burst into controlled flames. Metaphor time again?